leveled off

Reached a plateau

Leveled off describes something that has stopped rising or falling and become steady.

A plane leveled off at cruising altitude.

Inflation leveled off after months of increases.

The phrase suggests a period of change followed by stability—prices level off, growth levels off, a fever levels off.

Related

topped out · even · equilibrated · calibrated · smooth · smoothed out · consistent · planar · normalized · composed · horizontal · unchanged · regularized · balanced · adjusted · stagnated · uniform · fixed

Opposites
trajectory/direction of change

leveled offplummeted

Fell straight down fast

skyrocketed · surged · accelerated · soared · escalated

stability vs. volatility

leveled offoscillated

Moved rhythmically between positions

seesawed · yo-yoed · bounced around · gyrated · zigzagged

Family

level, leveled, levelled, leveling, levelling, levels, lever, leverage, leveraged

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