taper off

Verb taper off has 2 senses

• taper off(v = verb.stative) fizzle, fizzle out, peter out - end weakly; "The music just petered out--there was no proper ending"
is one way to discontinue
Sample sentence:
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• taper off(v = verb.change) Array - become smaller or less active; "Business tapered off"
is one way to contract, narrow
Sample sentence:
Something ----s