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Peter out Moderate

Peter out has 3 different meanings across 1 category:

Verb

Definitions
Verb
1

end weakly

"The music just petered out--there was no proper ending"

2

use up all one's strength and energy and stop working

"At the end of the march, I pooped out"

3

To dwindle; to trail off; to diminish to nothing.

Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
discontinue tire
Rhyming Words
out tout yout hout gout pout aout dout lout bout kout rout fout scout grout smout chout plout x out trout
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