Usually means: Gradually decrease intensity, amount, or frequency.
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General (10 matching dictionaries)
  1. taper off: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. taper off: Merriam-Webster
  3. taper off: Vocabulary.com
  4. taper off: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  5. taper off: Wiktionary
  6. taper off: Dictionary.com
  7. taper off: Rhymezone
  8. taper off: FreeDictionary.org
  9. taper off: Mnemonic Dictionary
  10. taper off: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. taper off: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. taper off: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. taper off: Idioms

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. taper off: Green’s Dictionary of Slang

Definitions from Wiktionary (taper off)

verb:  (idiomatic) To diminish or lessen gradually; to become or make smaller, slower, quieter, etc.
verb:  Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see taper, off.

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