tail (off)

verb

Definition of tail (off)next
as in to fade (away)

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tail (off)
  1. vanish
  2. evaporate
  3. taper off
  4. give out
Verb
  • In Sarah Pekkanen’s new thriller, The Women in White, a young health-care aide probes how four female participants in a 1964 parapsychology experiment suddenly vanished.
    — The Week US, TheWeek, 20 Aug. 2026
  • In August 2025, the remains of a British researcher who vanished in 1959 in Antarctica were discovered amid rocks near a receding glacier on King George Island, located off the Antarctic Peninsula.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of vanish
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  • The Treasury Department intervened midweek to help, but, by Friday, the relief had evaporated.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 23 Aug. 2026
  • And then there’s that Omius headband, which uses graphite blocks to pull heat away from the skin as water evaporates.
    — Nadia Neophytou, Chicago Tribune, 23 Aug. 2026
Definition of evaporate
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  • Then there’s the question of whether demand will taper off, which is difficult to predict.
    — Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 18 Aug. 2026
  • Rain showers got Wednesday started for most of the Philadelphia area, but that morning precipitation will taper off through midday.
    — Bill Kelly, CBS News, 5 Aug. 2026
Definition of taper off
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  • After also taking six wickets on a wild opening day, Shoriful Islam soon picked up his seventh with a searing inswinging yorker which struck Green on the front foot and was given out leg before wicket on review.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 22 Aug. 2026
  • The Treasury Department has already given out $100 billion in refunds since May, crossing the halfway point of total revenue collected through IEEPA tariffs.
    — Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of give out
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“Tail (off).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tail%20%28off%29. Accessed 24 Aug. 2026.

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