stall out

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Verb

stall out (third-person singular simple present stalls out, present participle stalling out, simple past and past participle stalled out)

  1. (intransitive, of an engine, motor, aircraft, etc.) To stall completely; to come to an end or quit through stalling
    My car was running fine and then, for no reason, it stalled out.
  2. (intransitive, of a storm, hurricane, etc.) To slow, come to a halt, and remain; to linger
    The hurricane is expected to make landfall and then stall out, dumping several inches of rain over several days.

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