"fizzle out" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: fizzles out [present, singular, third-person], fizzling out [participle, present], fizzled out [participle, past], fizzled out [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} fizzle out (third-person singular simple present fizzles out, present participle fizzling out, simple past and past participle fizzled out)
  1. To lose excitement, to become less exciting; to end, fail or die out in a weak or disappointing way. Translations (to lose excitement, to become less exciting): finir en queue de poisson (French), im Sande verlaufen (German), esmorecer (Portuguese), esbater (Portuguese), desanimar (Portuguese), abater (Portuguese), выгора́ть (vygorátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), вы́гореть (výgoretʹ) [perfective] (Russian), затуха́ть (zatuxátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), потуха́ть (potuxátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-fizzle_out-en-verb-2K00SBvE Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (out)

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