What does ebb away mean?

ebb away means "flow back or recede".

What is another word for ebb away?

Close synonyms include ebb, ebb down, ebb out, ebb off. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is ebb away a common word?

ebb away is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

ebb away — meaning, pronunciation and definition

verb

1 senseAn action, occurrence or state of being.

1.
flow back or recede
“the tides ebbed at noon”
Synonymsebb ebb down ebb out ebb off
Broaderfall back

Questions about ebb away

What does ebb away mean?: ebb away means "flow back or recede".
What is another word for ebb away?: Close synonyms include ebb, ebb down, ebb out, ebb off. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

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