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tailed off

tailed off is the simple past and past participle of tail off.

Meaning of tail off

Verb

tail off (third-person singular simple present tails off, present participle tailing off, simple past and past participle tailed off)

  1. To gradually subside or diminish.
    • 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.2018 July 15, Jonathan Jurejko, “Novak Djokovic wins fourth Wimbledon by beating Kevin Anderson”, in BBC Sport

Questions about tailed off

What is tailed off the simple past and past participle of?
Tailed off is the simple past and past participle of tail off.

Words near tailed off in the dictionary

  1. tailed down
  2. tailed e
  3. tailed frog
  4. tailed frogs
  5. tailed in
  6. tailed off
  7. tailed pepper
  8. tailed peppers
  9. tailed-e
  10. tailedness
  11. Tailem Bend

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