спустить на тормозах(President Obama talked of "reset" with Moscow, agreed to set up a joint committee to look into the matter and then allowed the whole thing to fade away.4uzhoj)
сходить на нет(С годами надежда всё слабела, сходила на нет – Over the years hope got weaker and weaker and faded away to nothing – (Michele Berdy).21)
