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English
Verb
fizzle out (third-person singular simple present fizzles out, present participle fizzling out, simple past and past participle fizzled out)
- (slang, intransitive) To lose excitement, to become less exciting; to end, fail or die out in a weak or disappointing way.
2011 January 15, Phil McNulty, “Tottenham 0 - 0 Man Utd”, in BBC:Tottenham had hoped to make a statement of real intent against the title pace-setters and while manager Harry Redknapp did not secure the victory he craved, he at least saw his side match United every stride of the way in a game that fizzled out after a bristling start.
2023 March 8, Philip Haigh, “Comment: Give rail staff a pay vote”, in RAIL, number 978, page 3:That would see the disputes fizzle out into an industrial relations zombie - neither living nor dead.
- (slang, transitive) To kill or end (someone or something).
Translations
to lose excitement, to become less exciting