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peters out

peters out is the third-person singular simple present indicative of peter out.

Meaning of peter out

Verb

peter out (third-person singular simple present peters out, present participle petering out, simple past and past participle petered out)

  1. (intransitive) Synonym of peter (“to diminish to nothing, (originally) to refer to a vein of ore”).
    • What started as a great effort ended up petering out to nothing.

Questions about peters out

What is peters out the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Peters out is the third-person singular simple present indicative of peter out.

Words near peters out in the dictionary

  1. Petermanns
  2. Petermans
  3. petermen
  4. peters
  5. Peters Marland
  6. peters out
  7. Peters' platanna
  8. Peters's elephantnose fish
  9. Peters's elephantnose fishes
  10. Petersboro
  11. Petersburg

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