TAIL OFF Synonyms: 76 Similar and Opposite Words

tail (off)

verb

Definition of tail (off)

as in to fade (away)

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Enamel is created while teeth are still developing under the gums, and the cells that produce it, known as ameloblasts, break down and vanish once a tooth erupts.

— Ryan Brennan, Sacbee.com, 20 Oct. 2026
Stocks of Wi-Fi routers, insulin pumps, pacemakers, and credit-card readers, along with cars and dishwashers, would dwindle and perhaps vanish.

— Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2026

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Chang was still hesitant to believe that Raman was actually going to win, having watched Hong’s polling advantage in Wisconsin evaporate.

— Benjamin Wallace-Wells, New Yorker, 18 Oct. 2026
Their defense had surrendered 83 points in consecutive blowout losses to Missouri and South Carolina, and the optimism surrounding new coach Jon Sumrall had evaporated faster than a puddle on a Gainesville sidewalk in August.

— Mike Bianchi, The Orlando Sentinel, 17 Oct. 2026

Definition of evaporate

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Rodriguez on Thursday was named to midseason watch list for the Rimington Trophy, given out annually to college football’s top center.

— Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 17 Oct. 2026
Often, doctors give out overly broad consent forms, asking patients to agree to anything from hospitals using patient files for training doctors to using patient data for training artificial intelligence.

— Alex Rosenblat — CalMatters, STAT, 15 Oct. 2026

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