flatten off/out
phrasal verbwithflattenverb[IorT]uk/ˈflætən/us
tostoprisingorfalling, andstayat the samelevel:
If thehousingmarketcontinuestoflattenout orevendecline, we're in for sometoughtimes.
prices/revenues/sales flatten off/outAfallinhousepricesisunlikely;pricesare morelikelytoflattenoff.
flattening out
noun[S]
There's been aflatteningout ofprofitinAustralia, and thebaddebtsexpenseswerehigherthanexpected.