What is to become exhausted; to run out; to fail; -- used generally with out; as, that mine has petered out. [Slang, U.S.] called?
peter — To become exhausted; to run out; to fail; -- used generally with out; as, that mine has petered out. [Slang, U.S.]. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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