taper off
phrasal verbtaper off
- to become gradually less in number, amount, degree, etc.
- The number of applicants for teaching posts has tapered off.
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taper something off
- to make something become gradually less in number, amount, degree, etc.
- They are gradually tapering off production of the older models.