hide its diminished head

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Roget 34: be inferior etc. adj.; fall short of, come short of; not pass, not come up to; want.    become smaller, render smaller etc. (decrease) 36, (contract) 195; hide its diminished head, retire into the shade, yield the palm, play second fiddle, be upstaged, take a back seat.    ... meer laten zien

Roget 36: decrease, diminish, lessen; abridge etc. (shorten) 201; shrink etc. (contract) 195; drop off, fall off, tail off; fall away, waste, wear; wane, ebb, decline; descend etc. 306; subside; melt away, die away; retire into the shade, hide its diminished head, fall to a low ebb, run low, languish, decay, crumble.    bate, abate, dequantitate^†; discount; depreciate; extenuate, lower, weaken, attenuate, fritter away; mitigate etc. (moderate) 174; dwarf, throw into the shade; reduce etc. 195; shorten etc. 201; subtract etc. 38.    ... meer laten zien

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