fizzle+out
1fizzle out — {v.}, {informal} 1. To stop burning; die out. * /The fuse fizzled out before exploding the firecracker./ 2. To fail after a good start; end in failure. * /The power mower worked fine for a while but then it fizzled out./ * /The party fizzled out… …
2fizzle out — {v.}, {informal} 1. To stop burning; die out. * /The fuse fizzled out before exploding the firecracker./ 2. To fail after a good start; end in failure. * /The power mower worked fine for a while but then it fizzled out./ * /The party fizzled out… …
3fizzle out — verb end weakly The music just petered out there was no proper ending • Syn: ↑taper off, ↑peter out, ↑fizzle • Hypernyms: ↑discontinue • Verb Frames: Som …
4fizzle out — fail after a good start, end in failure The party began to fizzle out about midnight when many people went home …
5fizzle out — Synonyms and related words: be disappointing, be unproductive, blow up, break, break down, burn out, cave in, collapse, come apart, come short, come to naught, come to nothing, come unstuck, conk out, crumble, decline, die, die away, die out,… …
6fizzle out — end or fail in a weak or disappointing way. → fizzle …
7fizzle out — Fail. See fizzle …
8fizzle out — See: fizzle I …
9fizzle\ out — v informal 1. To stop burning; die out. The fuse fizzled out before exploding the firecracker. 2. To fail after a good start; end in failure. The power mower worked fine for a while but then it fizzled out. The party fizzled out when everyone… …
10fizzle out — the viewers enthusiasm pretty much fizzled out after the first season Syn: peter out, die off, ease off, cool off, flatline; tail off, wither away, wind down …
