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Englishpeter out
Meaning: To disappear gradually.
Example: “The path petered out halfway up the hill.”
Equivalents in other languages
Norwegian: Å koke bort i kålen Literally: To boil away in the cabbage
Origin: The expression does not mean to disappear gradually as in fade, but to disappear slowly in terms of quantity or size.
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