Wiktionary:Word of the day/2023/April 4

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peter out v
  1. (intransitive, originally US) Synonym of peter (“originally (mining), of a vein of ore: to be depleted of ore; now (generally), to diminish to nothing; to dwindle, to trail off”)

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