"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
    Sense id: en-tail_away-en-verb-egqiygKL Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (away)

Inflected forms

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        "To gradually subside or diminish."
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        "(intransitive) To gradually subside or diminish."
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        "(intransitive) To gradually subside or diminish."
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