melt away
See also: meltaway
English
Verb
melt away (third-person singular simple present melts away, present participle melting away, simple past and past participle melted away)
- (intransitive) To fade or wane
- 1874, Marcus Clarke, For the Term of His Natural Life Chapter VI
- It came at last. The sky lightened, the mist melted away, and then a long, low, far-off streak of pale yellow light floated on the eastern horizon.
- 1874, Marcus Clarke, For the Term of His Natural Life Chapter VI
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