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fizzle out

to end in a disappointing way. I dated him a for a while, but our so-called romance fizzled out rather quickly.

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"The whole thing," the editor declared, "will fizzle out. The Malefactor by Oppenheim, E. Phillips View in context It looked as if the great assault threatened for that night were going to fizzle out. The Secret Agent by Conrad, Joseph View in context More results

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