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trail away

trail away is the alternative form of trail off.

Meaning of trail off

Verb

trail off (third-person singular simple present trails off, present participle trailing off, simple past and past participle trailed off)

  1. Of a phenomenon, voice, etc.: to slowly diminish in frequency, intensity, or volume; also, to diminish more quickly over time.
    • “So that’s why I’m, uh, refusing … uh, to do that …” He trailed off as he saw Mr. Winchester’s disapproving stare.
    Synonyms:
    peter, peter out

Forms of trail away

third-person singular presenttrails away
present participletrailing away
past participletrailed away
pasttrailed away

Questions about trail away

What is trail away the alternative form of?
Trail away is the alternative form of trail off.

Words near trail away in the dictionary

  1. traife
  2. Traiguén
  3. trail
  4. trail angel
  5. trail angels
  6. trail away
  7. trail behind
  8. trail bike
  9. trail bikes
  10. trail boat
  11. trail boats

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Adapted from Wiktionary: trail away (page history and authors); trail off (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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