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 peter out
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 peter out
      v 1: end weakly; "The music just petered out--there was no proper
           ending" [syn: taper off, fizzle out, fizzle]
      2: use up all one's strength and energy and stop working; "At
         the end of the march, I pooped out" [syn: poop out, run
         down, run out, conk out]