clear the table <after a meal> / deal with the aftermath / wind up *one's affairs / put *something right / rearrange / put *something in order / take remedial measures

peter out / narrow toward the end / fizzle out in the end / taper off

peter out / narrow toward the end / anticlimactic [attempt] / taper off / fizzle out in the end / anticlimax

peter out / narrow toward the end / anticlimactic [attempt] / taper off / fizzle out in the end / anticlimax

be slender at the bottom

be slender at the bottom

be slender at the bottom

tame ending

tame ending

tame ending