taper off

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English

Etymology

From taper and off.

Pronunciation

Verb

taper off (third-person singular simple present tapers off, present participle tapering off, simple past and past participle tapered off)

  1. (idiomatic) To diminish or lessen gradually; to become or make smaller, slower, quieter, etc.
    Coordinate terms: cycle off, cruise, discontinue
    Months after they printed the article, the number of angry letters finally started to taper off.
    • 1960 September, G. Freeman Allen, “I.C.I. fertiliser goes by rail from Tees-side”, in Trains Illustrated, page 534:
      The traffic tapers off towards mid-May, but it continues in some measure throughout the off-peak months.
    • 2021 March 16, Adele Framer, “What I have learnt from helping thousands of people taper off antidepressants and other psychotropic medications”, in Therapeutic Advances in Psychopharmacology‎, volume 11, →DOI:
      To fill this gap, over the last 25 years, patients have developed a robust Internet-based subculture of volunteer peer support for tapering off psychiatric drugs and recovering from withdrawal syndrome.
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see taper,‎ off.
    The glass tapers off at the top.

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