draining away
Slowly flowing out
Draining away describes liquid or another substance gradually flowing out or being emptied from somewhere: The bathwater was draining away.
Figuratively, it applies to anything that depletes steadily—energy, resources, hope, color from a face: She could feel her strength draining away.
The phrase emphasizes gradual loss rather than sudden disappearance.
- running lowNearing exhaustion of supply
- drying upLosing moisture completely
- running outApproaching total depletion
- dissipatingScattering and fading out
- seepageSlow fluid escape
percolation · waning · sands of time · exhaustion · running on empty · wearing thin · siphoning · bleeding out · depletion · sapping · hemorrhaging · slipping through the cracks · attrition · runoff · leakage · dwindling · losing ground · trickling
draining awayfilling up
Making full to capacity
pouring in · rushing in · welling up · accumulating · building up
draining awaybuilding up
Increasing gradually
accumulating · amassing · increasing · growing · swelling
draining awayreplenishing
Restoring to fullness
restoring · recharging · renewing · revitalizing · reinvigorating
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