quiet down
Verb
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Verb
quiet down
- (intransitive, US) To become quieter.
- As the lights dimmed the general noise quieted down.
- (transitive, US) To make someone or something become quieter.
- The teacher did her best to quiet the children down.
- (intransitive, transitive, US) To diminish in intensity.
- Diplomacy can only begin when the violence quiets down.
- Spanish: callar
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