Usually means: Voice fades, conversation gradually ends.
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  1. trail off: Merriam-Webster
  2. trail off: Collins English Dictionary
  3. trail off: Wiktionary
  4. trail off: Dictionary.com

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  1. trail off: Idioms

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  1. trail off, the trail off: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (trail off)

▸ verb:  Of a phenomenon, voice, etc.: to slowly diminish in frequency, intensity, or volume; also, to diminish more quickly over time.

Similar:
trail away, tail off, tail away, taper off, die away, diminish, fade out, die off, fall away, fall off, more...

Opposite:
escalate, increase, intensify, surge

Types:
dwindle, fade, peter out, wane, more...

Phrases:
to say and trail off, letting words trail off, trail off verbally, more...

Adjectives:
lower, down, downcast, stepdown, downlevel, step-down, on the wane, downtrod, d, utter, button-down

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Similar:
trail away, tail off, tail away, taper off, die away, diminish, fade out, die off, fall away, fall off, more...

Opposite:
escalate, increase, intensify, surge

Types:
dwindle, fade, peter out, wane, more...

Phrases:
to say and trail off, letting words trail off, trail off verbally, more...

Adjectives:
lower, down, downcast, stepdown, downlevel, step-down, on the wane, downtrod, d, utter, button-down



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