die away

Idioms  

1. Also, die down. Gradually diminish, fade, or subside; slowly come to an end. For example, As they moved higher up, their voices died away, or The rain seems to be dying down. The first term, from the late 1600s, today is most often applied to a diminishing sound and was originally used to describe the wind slowing down or ceasing to blow. The variant dates from the first half of the 1800s.

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Example Sentences

Shouts of approval for Saldaña’s emotional rendition of “México Lindo y Querido,” the classic ranchera that asks the living to take the protagonist back to Mexico if he should die away from his home country.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 30, 2023

Read more from the BBC's Joel Gunter, as he finds older residents with strong emotional ties and no desire to die away from home.

From BBC • Apr. 17, 2022

And because they are freighted with their own history of making and use, they can function like aromas that briefly unlock troves of private narrative, only to die away.

From Washington Post • Mar. 3, 2021

He presses play and rushes out, reappearing when the last notes die away.

From The Guardian • Feb. 22, 2019

Then the house was gone and I stopped in the green and yellow light and heard the car growing louder and louder, until just as it began to die away it ceased all together.

From "The Sound and the Fury" by William Faulkner

Related Words

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• wane
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