level off

verb — 2 senses

level off

verb
1

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see level, off.

  • I poured some flour into the scoop and levelled it off with a knife.
2

Idiomatic To get to a stable level; to cease climbing, descending, or oscillating.

  • Will the exponential growth in TV rights income at home and abroad that has fuelled the endless inflation of the Premier League’s high-octane balloon ever level off?2016 October 24, Owen Gibson, “Is the unthinkable happening – are people finally switching the football off?”, in The Guardian, London:
Coordinate terms
level up

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