OXFORD 9000
📚 verb • entry_id 42256

phase out

/feɪ̯z äʊ̯t/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
desfasar • eliminar gradualmente • retirar paulatinamente
To remove or relinquish the use of (something) little by little, either via discrete diminishing phases or (by extension) by continuous gradations; to remove in phases, or as if by phases (gradually).
It [Greenpeace] also says that tax exemptions should be phased out for airlines, including the opt-outs that low-cost carriers currently have from paying VAT or fuel duty on kerose…
Leaded petrol was phased out in the course of the 1990s.
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