verb
become quiet or calm, especially after a state of agitation
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After the fight both men need to cool off.
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It took a while after the baby was born for things to settle down again.
• Syn: ↑calm, ↑calm down, ↑cool off, ↑chill out, ↑simmer down, ↑settle down
• Hypernyms: ↑change state, ↑turn
• Verb Frames:
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Something ——s
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Somebody ——s
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phrasal : to calm down : go easy
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cool it (slang; often imperative)
To calm down, act in a relaxed fashion
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Main Entry: ↑cool
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used for telling someone to become less angry or excited
Cool it, and tell me what’s wrong.
Thesaurus: ways of telling someone not to worry or be upsetsynonym
Main entry: cool
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cool it
They were being too noisy, so he told them to cool it.
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Main Entry: ↑cool
Useful english dictionary. 2012.