level off

English

Pronunciation

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Verb

level off (third-person singular simple present levels off, present participle leveling off or levelling off, simple past and past participle leveled off or levelled off)

1. (transitive) Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see level,‎ off.

   I poured some flour into the scoop and levelled it off with a knife.

2. (intransitive, idiomatic) To get to a stable level; to cease climbing, descending, or oscillating.
   • 2016 October 24, Owen Gibson, “Is the unthinkable happening – are people finally switching the football off?”, in The Guardian‎^[1], London:

     Will the exponential growth in TV rights income at home and abroad that has fuelled the endless inflation of the Premier League’s high-octane balloon ever level off?

Coordinate terms

• level up

Translations

to get to a stable level, to cease oscillating

• Italian: stabilizzarsi
• Japanese: 頭打ち (atamauchi)
• Russian: выравниваться (ru) (vyravnivatʹsja)