Meanings (ES + gloss)
debilitarse • disminuirse • extinguirse • flaquear • flojear
Synonym of peter (“to diminish to nothing, (originally) to refer to a vein of ore”).
Q. Do you think, Doctor, that it is possible for that south strand to likewise peter out and disappear?
What started as a great effort ended up petering out to nothing.
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