trickle away

trickle away

1. Of a liquid, to flow out or away in drops or a thin stream. As the ice sculpture melted, it began tricking away into the grass. After dropping the jug, he just watched helplessly as all the wine trickled away.
2. To slowly disappear, dissipate, or become lost. As the clock ticks down, the team's hopes of reaching the playoffs continues to trickle away. Once last of our cash reserves trickles away, we'll have to file for bankruptcy.
See also: away, trickle
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

trickle away

[for a liquid] to seep or dribble away. All the water trickled away down the drain. After the last of the spilled milk had trickled away, Timmy began to cry.
See also: away, trickle
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • drain away
  • die away
  • are we away
  • Are we away?
  • away
  • draw away
  • do away with
  • do away with (someone, something, or oneself)
  • draw away from (someone or something)
  • dwindle away
References in periodicals archive
Younger people had begun to trickle away to do other things, and they were much more difficult to engage than audiences 35+.
Dave So when news of his death came through last week, I felt another happy part of my childhood trickle away.
That breakthrough paved the way for a string of other US screen roles, transforming the veteran actor's career at an age many see work trickle away - and helped push him for his latest, greatest part, as King Lear on the stage of Shakespeare's Globe in London.
His slip against Chelsea allowed Demba Ba to score - and Liverpool's hopes of winning a first Premier League title began to trickle away.
Huge quantities of excess water trickle away. And this is generally potable water expensively produced in desalination plants.
They're solid when you get them, but they soon liquefy and when you liquidate, your gains trickle away.
Both firms use overbooking to guarantee a taker for each aircraft produced, mimicking the technique used by airlines to fill seats, meaning some unfilled orders will trickle away.
I am absolutely thrilled have " Hulking left-hander Stokes survived an uberconfident lbw appeal first ball from Jeetan Patel and later survived from his one major liberty when he fluffed a reverse sweep off the New Zealand spinne and saw it trickle away for one of his five boundaries.
Sunday got his foot to the ball first after Ghazanfar and his defenders thought the ball would trickle away for a goal-kick but the Nigerian showed great presence of mind to chase a losing cause and put his team in front.
The Mountaineers tied it when Happy, looking to fake a shot and pass to sophomore Connor Bernard, saw the puck trickle away from him but end up sliding between Gorrie's pads at 7:57 of the third.
6 Tried to keep the game flowing and got the penalty call exactly right when Fox clearly handled ATTENDANCE 52,259 The Geordie crowd embraced French Day on Tyneside as Newcastle romped to a convincing victory in the end KEY MOMENT Once Cabaye stroked home his penalty the self-belief began to trickle away for the visitors from the south coast TOP SHOT Cisse's wonder strike at the end of the first half was the only contender - an absolute scorcher SUPER STOP Elliot clawed Lambert's freekick around the post at the start of the second half FOR THE RECORD Rob Elliot netted an assist on his Premier League debut NEXT MATCH Newcastle travel to Swansea for Saturday's 3pm kick-off at the Liberty Stadium.
"She works those out and the injuries just trickle away." Jamison, whose own dancing career with the company lasted 15 years, said: "Renee could continue dancing forever.
New jingles will be played and mentions of BRMB will trickle away during the week.
If the Chinese decide to start paying for their Iranian purchases strictly in yuan, expect the trickle away from the dollar in energy pricing to become a stampede.
We all wish the process of fueling up at the gas pump was a bit speedier, if only to dull the pain of watching dollars trickle away. At least it doesn't take 16 hours like it does for a lift truck battery to be charged, cooled and sent back to work.