thin out

phrasal verbPart ofthin

thin out — phrasal verb

1. to become fewer in number, or to remove some items from a group to create more s

1.片語動詞
釋義

to become fewer in number, or to remove some items from a group to create more space — used especially for crowds, traffic, or plants in a garden

例句

The crowd began to thin out around midnight after the fireworks display ended.

Élise thinned out the young apple trees so the strongest ones would produce bigger fruit.