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dieout (third-person singular simple presentdies out,present participledying out,simple past and past participledied out)

  1. (idiomatic) To becomeextinct.
    Synonym:die off
    Thedinosaursdied out a longtimeago.
  2. (idiomatic) Toceasegradually.
    Coordinate term:die down
    The prejudice hasdied out.
    • 1945 January and February, A Former Pupil, “Some Memories of Crewe Works—III”, inRailway Magazine, page14:
      However, apart from all this, the Chief was a grand old man, belonging to a class of individualists which seems to bedying out in these days, when standard behaviour seems to be as prevalent as standard designs.

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to become extinct
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