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stop
To be able to go no further; come to an end
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  1. To be able to go no further; come to an end
  2. To interrupt one's course or journey for a brief visit or stay. Often used with by, in, or off:
  3. To prevent the flow or passage of:
dwindle
To become gradually less until little remains.
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  1. To become gradually less until little remains.
  2. (Intransitive, figuratively) To fall away in quality; degenerate, sink.
  3. To break; to disperse.
miscarry
To fail to attain an intended goal, as a plan or project.
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  1. To fail to attain an intended goal, as a plan or project.
  2. To fail to achieve some purpose; to be unsuccessful, to go wrong (of a business, project etc.). [from 16th c.]
  3. To go wrong; fail: said of a plan, project, etc.
Find another word for peter-out. In this page you can discover 4 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for peter-out, like: stop, dwindle, miscarry and fail.

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  • miraculous draft of fish, but the divine power at work in Jesus singles Peter out for special service.

  • This may explain why some diseases appear to run in families for a couple of generations, then peter out.

  • Lessons from the Book of Acts-These lessons include many of the popular biblical stories found in Acts, including the tale of the angel breaking Peter out of prison and the story of the spirit endowing Peter and John with boldness.

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