Collocations for "tapering"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "tapering" in context.
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taper
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.v
- the [sound, light, road] tapered (off)
- tapering toward [a point, the tip, the end, the apex]
- the [ship, boat] tapered toward [a point]
- tapering to [a point]
- tapering into [a point]
- (gradually) taper off [her medication, the treatment, drugs]
- tapered off over [the past year, six months]
- tapered off during [the past year]
- taper down [her medication]
- taper down to [50 mg, half of a dose]
- [the storm, the weather] will taper to [flurries, scattered showers]
- taper a [shirt, blouse, top] to the waist
- [profits, sales, crimes] are on a taper
- a [gradual, slight, severe] taper
- [put out, light] a taper
- tapers in the candelabra
- light the [candle, lantern] with a taper
'tapering' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):