verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
sb’s anger goes away/subsides/fades (= it stops )
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I counted to ten and waited for my anger to go away.
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His anger slowly subsided.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
when
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Next morning the din from the dustbin lids had hardly subsided when the grim realization drove into my brain.
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These generally occur at levels above the therapeutic range and subside when the dose is lowered.
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The issue flared up when the party was doing badly for other reasons, and subsided when it was not.
■ NOUN
pain
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If his pains don't subside within a few weeks, he really ought to see the doctor.
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It is not uncommon for the pain to subside completely for many months and occasionally even years.
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As the pain subsided , she looked around.
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Petey heard him trying to brave it out, rocking back and forth to make the pain subside .
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It usually takes several days for the pain to subside , although it can linger for weeks.
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Keep doing this until any pain subsides , then cover the affected area and see your doctor.
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After a while the pain subsided ....
■ VERB
begin
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After a few minutes the noise began to subside .
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The former began to subside as the managers progressed through the year; the latter, however, would remain.
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Fortunately, there was no explosion, and by Friday afternoon the fire gradually began to subside .
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He was soon talking more readily and his facial tics began subsiding .
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After an hour, the sensations began to subside .
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As his panic begins to subside , he is left with a feeling of shame.
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He spat out a black-misted growl, and the pirate crew suddenly began to subside .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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After the rebel leaders were captured or killed, the trouble subsided.
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An hour later, the flood waters began to subside .
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Side effects of the drug tend to subside as time passes.
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The speaker puffed on his cigar while he waited for the laughter to subside .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Dinah sat placidly beside Paul, aware that the bruised turmoil that was her body had subsided into a kind of contentment.
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Fortunately, toward evening the wind and the sea subsided....
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He died 30 minutes later, just as the confusion had subsided enough to summon an emergency medical crew.
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Once the feverish atmosphere of the Liberation had subsided the practice aroused feelings of shame.
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Petey heard him trying to brave it out, rocking back and forth to make the pain subside .
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This marble figure seems to flame and spiral up, surging, groaning like an earthquake, subsiding even as he rises.