if something dies down, it becomes much less noisy, powerful, or active
I waited for the laughter to die down before I spoke.
It shows beautiful pink flowers from midsummer through to the autumn, and dies down in winter.
Less vigorous and expensive varieties are better divided after the leaves have died down in summer.
The crisis appeared to be dying down.
The demonstrations are unlikely to die down.
The government may be hoping the dispute will die down over the summer holidays.
The wind died down during the night.
Those in the corridor waited for the firing to die down.
When the laughter died down it was quiet.
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There is no origin for this phrasal verb
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