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phrasedwindle away dwindle away if something dwindles away, it gradually becomes smaller and smaller or less and less until it disappears completely: Maria looked at Fran lying in the hospital bed, her hope dwindling away. Germany and France have found themselves increasingly uncompetitive in world markets. As a result, jobs have dwindled away.+to Their business had collapsed and their savings had dwindled away to nothing.
dwindle awayTo lessen gradually but substantially. Unfortunately, my interest in political science has dwindled away since I declared it as my major. dwindle away(to something) and dwindle down (to something) to shrink, contract, or diminish to something. The noise dwindled away to nothing. It just dwindled down and was gone. |