trail away

A form of trail off — Of a phenomenon, voice, etc.: to slowly diminish in frequency, intensity, or volume; also, to diminish more quickly over time.

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Meanings

verbtrail away (third-person singular simple present trails away, present participle trailing away, simple past and past participle trailed away)

present singular third person trails away · participle present trailing away · participle past trailed away · past trailed away

  1. alternativeAlternative form of trail off.

    His eyes in and out of the cafés and scanning the park benches but no sign of her as the afternoon trailed away.

    2021, Michael Farris Smith, chapter 10, in Nick, New York; Boston; London: Little, Brown and Company, page 64
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APA

trail away. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/trail%20away

MLA

“trail away.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/trail%20away. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “trail away,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/trail%20away.

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