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

There’s a Vietnamese superstition: If you die away from home, your soul will become restless and won’t leave for the afterlife.

From New York Times • Mar. 19, 2023

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

Sir David understands that extinction is part of the evolutionary process - some species die away as others evolve.

From BBC • Jun. 19, 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

When the afternoon began to die away behind the Park, Mrs. Brill and Ellen came to give them their supper and to bath the Twins.

From "Mary Poppins" by P. L. Travers

Related Words

• abate
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• sink
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• wane
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• wither