phase out

See also: phaseout

English

Verb

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

(idiomatic) To remove or relinquish the use of something little by little
Leaded petrol was phased out in the course of the 1990s.

Antonym: phase in

Translations

to remove

Hungarian: felmenő rendszerben / fokozatosan megszüntet/kivezet
Italian: eliminare (it)

Swedish: utfasa (sv), ersätta (sv)

Anagrams

outshape, taphouse

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