| stop(verb, ease, lessen, slacken) |
| stub toe(expression, pause, hesitate, waver) |
| stumble(pause, hesitate, waver) |
| stutter(pause, hesitate, waver) |
| take the bite out(verb, expression, idiom, decline, reduce) |
| take the edge off(verb, expression, idiom, decline, reduce) |
| take the sting out(verb, expression, idiom, decline, reduce) |
| taper off(verb, expression, decline, reduce, diminish) |
| teeter(pause, hesitate, waver) |
| thin(verb, decline, reduce, fail, diminish) |
| tire(verb, decline, fail, diminish, weaken) |
| topple(pause, hesitate, waver) |
| totter(pause, hesitate, waver) |
| trail off(verb, expression, drift) |
| tremble(pause, hesitate, waver) |
| trip up(expression, pause, hesitate, waver) |
| truncate(verb, decline, reduce, diminish, lower) |
| tucker out(verb, expression, decline, fail, diminish) |
| vacillate(pause, hesitate, waver) |
| vanish(verb, decline, fail, diminish, weaken) |