quieten down
Verb
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Verb
quieten down
- (intransitive, British) To become quieter.
- As the lights dimmed the audience quietened down.
- (intransitive, British) To reduce intensity of an activity.
- Diplomacy can only begin when the violence quietens down.
- (transitive, British) To make someone or something become quieter.
- The teacher did her best to quieten the children down.
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