die out

Definitions

1. 1

   To become extinct.

   • The dinosaurs died out a long time ago.
   • The original family who had begun to build a palace to rival Nonesuch had died out before they had put up little more than the gateway,[…].
2. 2

   To cease gradually.

   • The prejudice has died out.
   • However, apart from all this, the Chief was a grand old man, belonging to a class of individualists which seems to be dying out in these days, when standard behaviour seems to be as prevalent as standard designs.

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