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phases out

phases out is the third-person singular simple present indicative of phase out.

Meaning of phase out

Verb

phase out (third-person singular simple present phases out, present participle phasing out, simple past and past participle phased out)

  1. (transitive) To remove or relinquish the use of (something) little by little, either via discrete diminishing phases or (by extension) by continuous gradations; to remove in phases, or as if by phases (gradually).
    • Leaded petrol was phased out in the course of the 1990s.
    Synonyms:
    sunset
    Antonyms:
    phase in

Questions about phases out

What is phases out the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Phases out is the third-person singular simple present indicative of phase out.

Words near phases out in the dictionary

  1. phasers
  2. phases
  3. phases down
  4. phases in
  5. phases of the moon
  6. phases out
  7. phaseshift
  8. phaseshifts
  9. phasey
  10. phasgonurid
  11. phasgonurids

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Adapted from Wiktionary: phases out (page history and authors); phase out (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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