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We've found 8 phrases for diminish (0.116 seconds):



f** this » Search f** this on Amazon!   Search f** this on Google!
The phrase emphatically diminishes the activity or event referred to and expresses that the speaker will have no more to do with it. 
fall off » Search fall off on Amazon!   Search fall off on Google!
To diminish in size or value. 
go off the boil » Search go off the boil on Amazon!   Search go off the boil on Google!
To become of diminished intensity or urgency. 
peter out » Search peter out on Amazon!   Search peter out on Google!
To dwindle; to trail off; to diminish to nothing. 
take away » Search take away on Amazon!   Search take away on Google!
To subtract or diminish something. 
taper off » Search taper off on Amazon!   Search taper off on Google!
To diminish or lessen gradually; to become smaller, slower, quieter, etc. 
throw dirt enough, and some will stick » Search throw dirt enough, and some will stick on Amazon!   Search throw dirt enough, and some will stick on Google!
If enough allegations are made about someone or something, then even if they are all untrue, people's opinion of the person or thing will be diminished.1759, John Wesley, letter to John Downes, Rector of St. Michael's, Wood Street, read at Wesley Center Online at [1] on 14 Oct 06.I hope...that you are ignorant of the whole affair, and are so bold only because you are blind...And blind enough; so that you blunder on through thick and thin, bespattering all that come in your way, according to the old, laudable maxim, 'Throw dirt enough, and some will stick.'1857, Thomas Hughes, Tom Brown's Schooldays, read at fullbooks.com on 14 Oct 06,But whatever harm a spiteful tongue could do them, he took care should be done. Only throw dirt enough, and some will stick.1864, John Henry Newman, Apologia Pro Vita Sua, Penguin Classics (1994), p. 10,Archbishop Whately used to say  
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To diminish in effect. 
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