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fade-away en · NOUN

Meanings

  1. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative spelling of fadeaway.
    alt of fadeaway
    • Instead of using a theatre's large stage, the video works with close-ups, side shots, exaggerated silhouettes and fade-aways, which are more suitable for the television screen. 2015, Gabriele Rippl, Handbook of Intermediality: Literature – Image – Sound – Music, page 558:
    • To call this music bland is to ignore the down-the-drain vocal fade-aways, the extended sax sustains […] 2011, Chuck Eddy, Rock and Roll Always Forgets, page 265:

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