Usually means: Decrease in quality or quantity.
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  1. tail-off: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  2. tail-off, tail-off: Collins English Dictionary
  3. tail-off: Wordnik
  4. tail-off: Dictionary/thesaurus
  5. tail-off: Wiktionary

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▸ noun:  A gradual diminution.

Similar:
drop-off, falloff, fadeout, falling-off, fade-away, diminuendo, drop, dwindling, fall, downslide, more...

Opposite:
ramp up, increase, escalate, intensify, pick up

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Similar:
drop-off, falloff, fadeout, falling-off, fade-away, diminuendo, drop, dwindling, fall, downslide, more...

Opposite:
ramp up, increase, escalate, intensify, pick up



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