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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., 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