die down
verb
died down; dying down; dies down
: to gradually become less strong
The wind will die down in the evening.
She waited for the noise to die down before she started singing.
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Heat will die down heading into weekend Wednesday brings more of the same heat and haze, but with a better chance for thunderstorms.
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Justin Lewis, CBS News, 19 May 2026
By Monday, the lines had died down, perhaps because, as onlookers near a Swatch store in Paris said, there were no Royal Pop watches left in stores.
—ABC News, 18 May 2026
Related Stories As the applause finally died down, Refn took the microphone to share why this film was intensely personal.
—Zack Sharf, Variety, 18 May 2026
That quick heat-up is likely to run for about three days and die down just in time for the weekend, when cooler temperatures and an outside chance of rain begin to loom.
—Rick Hurd, Mercury News, 18 May 2026
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Justin Lewis, CBS News, 19 May 2026
By Monday, the lines had died down, perhaps because, as onlookers near a Swatch store in Paris said, there were no Royal Pop watches left in stores.
—ABC News, 18 May 2026
Related Stories As the applause finally died down, Refn took the microphone to share why this film was intensely personal.
—Zack Sharf, Variety, 18 May 2026
That quick heat-up is likely to run for about three days and die down just in time for the weekend, when cooler temperatures and an outside chance of rain begin to loom.
—Rick Hurd, Mercury News, 18 May 2026
See All Example Sentences for die down
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“Die down.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/die%20down. Accessed 21 May. 2026.
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