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Fizzle out   /fˈɪzəl aʊt/   Listen
verb
fizzle  v. i.  (past & past part. fizzled; pres. part. fizzling)  
1.
To make a hissing sound. "It is the easiest thing, sir, to be done, As plain as fizzling."
2.
To make a ridiculous failure in an undertaking, especially after a good start; to achieve nothing. (Colloq. or Low) "A four-day rally in stocks fizzled yesterday amid renewed fears that strong economic growth may prompt the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates."
To fizzle out, to burn with a hissing noise and then go out, like wet gunpowder; hence: to fail completely and ridiculously; to prove a failure. (Colloq.)





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"Fizzle out" Quotes from Famous Books



... hear you sneer. "Just another of Biddy's emotional interests—bound to fizzle out before very long." But this is a good deal more than an emotional interest, and I don't think it will fizzle out so quickly. For one thing, THIS man is quite different from all the other men I've ever been interested in. The first moment I saw him, I had the queerest ...
— Lady Bridget in the Never-Never Land • Rosa Praed


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