Hypertext Webster Gateway: "petered"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Peter \Pet"er\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Petered}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Petering}.] [Etymol. uncertain.]
To become exhausted; to run out; to fail; -- used generally
with out; as, that mine has petered out. [Slang, U.S.]
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