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Perfect Stranger Posted 7 years ago
Vocabulary

Fizzle out

Dear Users,

In this interview

(at 1:24) Tony Iommi says: ...that fizzled out because of all different things...

If something fizzles out, it becomes a failure, doesn't it?

How common is this phrasal verb (is it a phrasal verb, actually?) in American English? Tony Iommi is British, so I assume it's a common expression in the UK, but is it slightly old-fashioned? Is it also used in other parts of the English-speaking world?


Thanks

  

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Perfect Stranger If something fizzles out, it becomes a failure, doesn't it? Yes, eventually. It's not a sudden failure.

— CalifJim

  • Perfect Stranger If something fizzles out, it becomes a failure, doesn't it?
  • Yes, eventually.
  • It's not a sudden failure.
  • Things go increasingly wrong as time goes on.
  • Then comes the failure.
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Perfect StrangerIf something fizzles out, it becomes a failure, doesn't it?

Yes, eventually. It's not a sudden failure. Things go increasingly wrong as time goes on. Then comes the failure.

Perfect StrangerHow common is this phrasal verb (is it a phrasal verb, actually?) in American English?

Yes, it's a phrasal

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Perfect StrangerIs it also used in other parts of the English-speaking world?

Yes.

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