PETER OUT


Meaning of PETER OUT in English

{v.}, {informal} To fail or die down gradually; grow less; become exhausted. * /After the factory closed, the town pretty well petered out./ * /The mine once had a rich vein of silver, but it petered out./ * /But as he thought of her, his anger slowly petered out./ Compare: GIVE OUT.

Dictionary of English idioms .      Словарь английских идиом.