die down
phrasal 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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That threat may have died down, given that Duffy no longer leads NASA; billionaire tech entrepreneur Jared Isaacman, who has flown to Earth orbit twice with SpaceX, is now the agency's chief.
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Mike Wall, Space.com, 9 Feb. 2026
The salesperson in the custom knife shop with a $1,200 pizza cutter on offer — albeit the most beautiful pizza cutter I, personally, have ever seen — said that more customers had started to trickle in now that the fervor on Main Street had died down and the roads were clearer.
—Mia Galuppo, HollywoodReporter, 7 Feb. 2026
The buzz surrounding those problems has died down in recent months, so here’s hoping Allison and GM get a fresh start here—for their sakes, and truck owners’.
—Caleb Jacobs, The Drive, 5 Feb. 2026
But, with Middleton battling cancer the past few years, speculation about them expanding the family has mostly died down.
—Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 4 Feb. 2026
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Mike Wall, Space.com, 9 Feb. 2026
The salesperson in the custom knife shop with a $1,200 pizza cutter on offer — albeit the most beautiful pizza cutter I, personally, have ever seen — said that more customers had started to trickle in now that the fervor on Main Street had died down and the roads were clearer.
—Mia Galuppo, HollywoodReporter, 7 Feb. 2026
The buzz surrounding those problems has died down in recent months, so here’s hoping Allison and GM get a fresh start here—for their sakes, and truck owners’.
—Caleb Jacobs, The Drive, 5 Feb. 2026
But, with Middleton battling cancer the past few years, speculation about them expanding the family has mostly died down.
—Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 4 Feb. 2026
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“Die down.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/die%20down. Accessed 14 Feb. 2026.
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