totlaufen — meaning in English

English meaning

• fizzle verb To gradually fail or fade away after a promising start.

Senses

totlaufen is used for these senses in English:

• fizzle (figuratively, informal) To decay or die off to nothing; to burn out; to end less successfully than previously hoped.
• peter out (intransitive, originally, US) Synonym of peter (“to diminish to nothing, (originally) to refer to a vein of ore”).

fizzle — full definition

1. verb To gradually fail or fade away after a promising start.
2. verb To make a soft hissing or sputtering sound.
3. noun A failure or disappointing outcome, especially after high expectations.

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