phase out

• enPR: fāz out, IPA^(key): /feɪ̯z äʊ̯t/

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phase out (third-person singular simple present phases out, present participle phasing out, simple past and past participle phased out)

1. (transitive) To remove or relinquish the use of (something) little by little, either via discrete diminishing phases or (by extension) by continuous gradations; to remove in phases, or as if by phases (gradually).

   Synonym: sunset

   Antonym: phase in

   Leaded petrol was phased out in the course of the 1990s.

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