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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die away

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

As soon as their last echoes die away, they are gone forever.

From New York Times ● Sep. 4, 2022

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

From BBC ● Jun. 19, 2022

Heinicke has graduated, passed the stage of charming fluke and journeyman legend, and the quaint stories about how he was living on his sister’s couch will die away now, because he is a talent.

From Washington Post ● Nov. 16, 2021

They waited for the sound of his footsteps to die away around the town.

From "The Door in the Wall" by Marguerite de Angeli

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