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Wordnet 3.0

VERB (2)

1. end weakly;
- Example: "The music just petered out--there was no proper ending"
[syn: taper off, peter out, fizzle out, fizzle]

2. use up all one's strength and energy and stop working;
- Example: "At the end of the march, I pooped out"
[syn: poop out, peter out, run down, run out, conk out]



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

peter out
    v 1: end weakly; "The music just petered out--there was no
         proper ending" [syn: taper off, peter out, fizzle
         out, fizzle]
    2: use up all one's strength and energy and stop working; "At
       the end of the march, I pooped out" [syn: poop out, peter
       out, run down, run out, conk out]