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peter out
(redirected from taper off)

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peter out [′pēd·ər ¦au̇t]
(engineering)
To fail gradually in size, quantity, or quality; for example, a mine may be said to have petered out.


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The bad news is that it won’t taper off fast enough to turn this down market up.
Coupled with rising interest rates, industry experts have expected things to taper off but are confident the ``bubble'' won't burst, at least locally where a limited inventory has been feeding demand.
Oil prices should taper off, and the country has not made sufficient investments to produce more crude.
 
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