die out

die out
die out
1. Lit. [for a species or family] to perish totally because of the failure to produce offspring. •

I am the last one in the family, so I guess our line will die out with me.

The owls might die out if you ruin their nesting area.

2. Fig. [for an idea, practice, style, etc.] to fade away through time. •

That way of doing things died out a long time ago.

It died out like the horse and buggy.

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{v.} To die or disappear slowly until all gone. * /This kind of bird is dying out./ * /If you pour salt water on grass, it dies out./ * /The American colonists started colleges so that learning would not die out./

Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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  • die\ out — v To die or disappear slowly until all gone. This kind of bird is dying out. If you pour salt water on grass, it dies out. The American colonists started colleges so that learning would not die out …   Словарь американских идиом

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  • die out — verb To become extinct The dinosaurs died out a long time ago …   Wiktionary

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