die down
phrasal verb
died down; dying down; dies down
: to gradually become less strong
The wind will die down in the evening.
She waited for the noise to die down before she started singing.
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The tumult and the furor were at last dying down Sunday night, the furor of two talented high school teams going at each other 100 miles per hour without letup for nearly two hours and the tumult of the celebration that seemed to pull an entire city of Manchester into the Mohegan Sun Arena.
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Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 17 Mar. 2025
Background checks The noise about the Chiefs getting favorable calls from game officials has died down a bit ahead of Super Bowl LIX, but it’s still being discussed by fans and the media.
—Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 8 Feb. 2025
Now that the extraordinarily fast-moving wildfires that engulfed swaths of Southern California this year have started to die down, the enduring toll is beginning to emerge.
—Umair Irfan, Vox, 5 Feb. 2025
The emotional toll suffered by firefighters may be easier to assess once the wildfires die down, suggested Hugo Catalan Jr., director of behavioral health services for the United Firefighters of Los Angeles City.
—Josh Peter, USA TODAY, 23 Jan. 2025
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Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 17 Mar. 2025
Background checks The noise about the Chiefs getting favorable calls from game officials has died down a bit ahead of Super Bowl LIX, but it’s still being discussed by fans and the media.
—Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 8 Feb. 2025
Now that the extraordinarily fast-moving wildfires that engulfed swaths of Southern California this year have started to die down, the enduring toll is beginning to emerge.
—Umair Irfan, Vox, 5 Feb. 2025
The emotional toll suffered by firefighters may be easier to assess once the wildfires die down, suggested Hugo Catalan Jr., director of behavioral health services for the United Firefighters of Los Angeles City.
—Josh Peter, USA TODAY, 23 Jan. 2025
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“Die down.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/die%20down. Accessed 30 Mar. 2025.
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