level off
— phrasal verb with level /ˈlev.əl/ verb [T] (-ll- or US usually -l-)Definition
› If a rate or amount levels off, it stops rising or falling and stays at the same level: House prices now seem to be levelling off after the steep rises of the last few years. Unemployment rose to ten percent and then levelled off.Keeping and staying the sameNot able to be changed
(Definition of level off from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- consistency noun (BEING THE SAME)
- consistent adjective (NOT CHANGING)
- continuum noun
- control noun (IN AN EXPERIMENT)
- fastness noun (FIXED)
- fixed adjective (FASTENED)
- flat adjective (FIXED)
- flat adjective (PROFITS)
- leave verb (REMAIN)
- leave well alone idiom
- peg verb (FIX)
- remain verb
- stability noun
- stabilize verb
- stable adjective
- stay verb (CONTINUE)
- unchanged adjective
- undisturbed adjective
- wallow in sth phrasal verb (REMAIN UNHAPPY)
- wouldn't have it any other way idiom
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Keeping and staying the same
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