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fade down

To gradually decrease in intensity, often of sound. A noun or pronoun can be used between "fade" and "down." Fade that song down, will you? I don't want it ending quite so abruptly.

fade something down

to turn down a sound. (Broadcasting.) The radio engineer faded the music down and the announcer's voice began. She faded down the music.

fade down

[for sound] to diminish. The roar of the train faded down as it passed and fled into the night. As the thunder faded down, the sun began to break through the clouds.

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The Stags pushed the Red Lions to the limit before fading down the stretch in a 76-67 loss last Saturday.

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The roared out to a 5-2 record, including their first win over the Patriots in nearly a decade, before fading down the stretch for a 6-10 finish.

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Questions were raised over Hatton's ability to last the pace during his win over Urango, but he put his slight fading down to a virus.

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Nick Zito saddled a quarter of the 20-runner field in his bid to capture the pounds 853,958 first prize, but his horses failed to make the frame with principal hope Bellamy Road fading down the home run, eventually finishing seventh.

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Instead she ran 52.16, fading down the stretch to finish seventh.

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Nashoba (5-2) opened the season with an 18-14 loss to Fitchburg, though the local 11 led for most of the game before fading down the stretch.

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Richards has often got her tactics badly wrong in major races and famously started too fast in last year's Olympic final before fading down the home straight to finish third, but the 24-year-old made a much more measured start last night before kicking for home around the top bend.

Richards times it perfectly

Stockton swimmer Lowe was inside world-record pace after 50 and 100m before fading down the closing stretch to finish third in the first semi-final in 2:07.87.