- fade into insignificance
- if something fades into insignificance, people forget about it and it becomes unimportant
Eventually, these teenage rebellions will fade into insignificance.
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fade into insignificance — phrase if something fades into insignificance, people forget about it and it becomes unimportant Eventually, these teenage rebellions will fade into insignificance. Thesaurus: to be unimportantsynonym Main entry: insignificance … Useful english dictionary
fade into insignificance — fade/pale into insignificance if something pales into insignificance, it does not seem at all important when compared to something else. When your child s ill, everything else pales into insignificance. With the outbreak of war all else fades… … New idioms dictionary
pale into insignificance — fade/pale into insignificance if something pales into insignificance, it does not seem at all important when compared to something else. When your child s ill, everything else pales into insignificance. With the outbreak of war all else fades… … New idioms dictionary
insignificance — in|sig|nif|i|cance [ ,ınsıg nıfikəns ] noun uncount the quality of not being large or important enough to be worth considering: insignificance of: It reminds us of the insignificance of man in the whole scheme of things. a. fade into… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
insignificance — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ relative VERB + INSIGNIFICANCE ▪ fade into, pale into ▪ Her achievements fade into insignificance beside those of her sisters … Collocations dictionary
insignificance — UK [ˌɪnsɪɡˈnɪfɪkəns] / US noun [uncountable] the quality of not being large or important enough to be worth considering insignificance of: It reminds us of the insignificance of man in the whole scheme of things. • fade into insignificance pale… … English dictionary
fade — verb ADVERB ▪ fast, quickly, rapidly ▪ Hopes of a peace settlement were fading fast. ▪ soon ▪ gradually, slowly … Collocations dictionary
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