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Vocabulary : Phrasal Verbs : D : die out

die out

Meaning: If something like a species of animal or a language is dying out, it is disappearing and could soon be lost forever.

Synonym: become extinct

For example:

  • die out Several languages will die out soon if more people don't start learning them and speaking them.

  • die out Some people believe polar bears could die out within twenty or thirty years because of global warming.

Quick Quiz:

Which of these animals has died out?
  1. the mammoth
  2. the panda
  3. the rabbit

Grammar explanation: separable and non-separable phrasal verbs

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