tail down

Related to tail down: high-tail, curtailing

tail down

To dwindle, diminish, or fade down; to become weaker, smaller, or less active. As is typical, shares for the company began to tail down shortly after the massive spike yesterday. After the number of applicants continued tailing down year after year, the competition launched a huge marketing campaign to spark new interest in the public.
See also: down, tail
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • come a gutser
  • be down to (one)
  • be down to somebody/something
  • be down to something
  • be down to (do something)
  • come down in buckets
  • bounce up and down
  • close down
  • close down and shut down
  • come a-cropper
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