tail off in English

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{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "tails off",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tailing off",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tailed off",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tailed off",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "*"
      },
      "expansion": "tail off (third-person singular simple present tails off, present participle tailing off, simple past and past participle tailed off)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
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          "kind": "other",
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      "derived": [
        {
          "tags": [
            "noun"
          ],
          "word": "tail-off"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2018 July 15, Jonathan Jurejko, “Novak Djokovic wins fourth Wimbledon by beating Kevin Anderson”, in BBC Sport:",
          "text": "After losing to Sam Querrey in the third round of Wimbledon in 2016, Djokovic alluded to difficulties in his personal life and his form subsequently tailed off.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To gradually subside or diminish."
      ],
      "id": "en-tail_off-en-verb-egqiygKL",
      "links": [
        [
          "gradually",
          "gradually"
        ],
        [
          "subside",
          "subside"
        ],
        [
          "diminish",
          "diminish"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "fade away#Verb"
        },
        {
          "word": "fade out#Verb"
        },
        {
          "word": "tail away#Verb"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "tail off"
}

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{
  "derived": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "noun"
      ],
      "word": "tail-off"
    }
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "tails off",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tailing off",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tailed off",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tailed off",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "*"
      },
      "expansion": "tail off (third-person singular simple present tails off, present participle tailing off, simple past and past participle tailed off)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English links with manual fragments",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English phrasal verbs",
        "English phrasal verbs formed with \"off\"",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English verbs",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2018 July 15, Jonathan Jurejko, “Novak Djokovic wins fourth Wimbledon by beating Kevin Anderson”, in BBC Sport:",
          "text": "After losing to Sam Querrey in the third round of Wimbledon in 2016, Djokovic alluded to difficulties in his personal life and his form subsequently tailed off.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To gradually subside or diminish."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "gradually",
          "gradually"
        ],
        [
          "subside",
          "subside"
        ],
        [
          "diminish",
          "diminish"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "fade away#Verb"
        },
        {
          "word": "fade out#Verb"
        },
        {
          "word": "tail away#Verb"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "tail off"
}

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"tail off" meaning in English

Verb

Inflected forms