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fizzle out

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fizzle out 
1. Lit. [for a liquid] to lose its effervescence. This seltzer has fizzled out. I need a fresh glass of it.
2. Fig. [for an item in a fireworks display] to fail to operate properly, often producing only a hiss. That last rocket fizzled out. Set off another one. A lot of the fireworks fizzled out because it was raining.
3. Fig. to fade or become ineffectual gradually. The party began to fizzle out about midnight. The last clerk I hired fizzled out after the first week.
See also: out

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


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"The whole thing," the editor declared, "will fizzle out.
It looked as if the great assault threatened for that night were going to fizzle out.
 
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