"tail away" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: tails away [present, singular, third-person], tailing away [participle, present], tailed away [participle, past], tailed away [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} tail away (third-person singular simple present tails away, present participle tailing away, simple past and past participle tailed away)
  1. (intransitive) To gradually subside or diminish. Tags: intransitive Synonyms: fade away#Verb, fade out#Verb, tail off#Verb

Inflected forms

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    {
      "form": "tails away",
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        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tailing away",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tailed away",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tailed away",
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        "past"
      ]
    }
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      "name": "en-verb"
    }
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  "senses": [
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            "Entry maintenance"
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To gradually subside or diminish."
      ],
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      "links": [
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          "gradually",
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        ],
        [
          "subside",
          "subside"
        ],
        [
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          "diminish"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) To gradually subside or diminish."
      ],
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        {
          "word": "fade away#Verb"
        },
        {
          "word": "fade out#Verb"
        },
        {
          "word": "tail off#Verb"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
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      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "tail away"
}
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    {
      "form": "tails away",
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        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tailing away",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tailed away",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tailed away",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      },
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    }
  ],
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        "Pages with entries"
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        "To gradually subside or diminish."
      ],
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          "gradually"
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        [
          "subside",
          "subside"
        ],
        [
          "diminish",
          "diminish"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) To gradually subside or diminish."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "fade away#Verb"
        },
        {
          "word": "fade out#Verb"
        },
        {
          "word": "tail off#Verb"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
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}

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