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trails off

trails off is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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

Questions about trails off

What is trails off the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Trails off is the third-person singular simple present indicative of trail off.

Words near trails off in the dictionary

  1. trailmen
  2. trails
  3. trails away
  4. trails behind
  5. trails of tears
  6. trails off
  7. trailside
  8. trailsman
  9. trailsmen
  10. trailway
  11. trailways

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Adapted from Wiktionary: trails off (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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