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Phrase(s): level something off to make something level or smooth. • You are going to have to level the floor off before you put the carpet down. • Please level off the floor.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs
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Phrase(s): level off [for variation or fluctuation in the motion of something] to diminish; [for a rate] to stop increasing or decreasing. • The plane leveled off at 10,000 feet. • After a while the workload will level off. • Things will level off after we get through the end of the month.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs
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Move toward stability or consistency, as in Prices have leveled off. This idiom transfers a physical flattening to a figurative one. [Mid-1900s]
American Heritage Idioms