tail off
To become gradually less or fewer
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Main Entry: ↑tail
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ˌtail ˈoff [intransitive] [present tense I/you/we/they tail off he/she/it tails off present participle tailing off past tense tailed off past participle tailed off] phrasal verb
Her voice tailed off.
Thesaurus: to become less in size, amount or valuesynonym to become, or to make something weakersynonym
Main entry: tail
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tail off (or away)
gradually diminish in amount, strength, or intensity
the economic boom was beginning to tail off
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tail off [phrasal verb]
: to become smaller or quieter in a gradual way
Our productivity tailed off last year.
She started to ask a question and then her voice tailed off. [=trailed off]
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Main Entry: ↑tail
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ˌtail aˈway/ˈoff derived
(especially BrE) to become smaller or weaker
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The number of tourists tails off in October.
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‘But why…?’ Her voice tailed away.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.