Related Clues:

• Tapers off
• Pulls away
• Slips behind
• Shrinks back
• Moves like the tide
• Goes out, as the tide
• Isn't timely
• Moderates
• Doesn't keep pace
• Tarries
• Pulls back, as water
• Falls away
• Weakens, as support
• Draws away from shore
• Flows back, as a tide