on the wane

becoming less; fading away. Her influence in on the wane, but she is still the boss.

In a period of decline or decrease: "The tide was near the turn and already the day was on the wane" (James Joyce).

Name	Pronounced	Usage
January	['dʒænjuəri]
Linda	LIN-də (English), LIN-dah (German), LEEN-dah (Italian, Finnish)	English, Dutch, German, Italian, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Icelandic, French, Latvian, Finnish, Hu
Thelma	THEL-mə	English
Ansaldo	-	Italian
Friedman	['fri:dmən]
Marika	MAH-ree-kah (Finnish)	Czech, Slovak, Polish, Hungarian, Greek, Finnish, Estonian