phase out
[verb]
Synonyms: wind down, close, ease off, eliminate, pull out, remove, run down, terminate, wind up, withdraw

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

phase something ↔ out phrasal verb (see also phase)
to gradually stop using or providing something:
The subsidy for company cars is to be phased out next year.

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

phase out
phase out (something)
to gradually stop providing or using something.
The city decided to phase out half-day kindergarten for 4-year-olds in the public schools.

Opposite of: phase in (something)

[TahlilGaran] English Idioms Dictionary ▲

phase out something
phase out (something)
to gradually stop providing or using something.
The city decided to phase out half-day kindergarten for 4-year-olds in the public schools.

Opposite of: phase in (something)

[TahlilGaran] English Idioms Dictionary ▲