Usually means: Decrease gradually in performance, intensity.
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We found 16 dictionaries that define the word tail off:

General (11 matching dictionaries)
  1. tail off: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. tail off: Merriam-Webster
  3. tail-off, tail off: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. tail-off, tail-off, tail off: Collins English Dictionary
  5. tail-off: Wordnik
  6. tail off: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. tail off: Wiktionary
  8. tail off: Dictionary.com
  9. tail-off, tail off: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. tail off: Legal dictionary
  2. tail off: Financial dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. tail off: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. tail off: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. tail off: Idioms

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verb:  To gradually subside or diminish.

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