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Calm down   /kɑm daʊn/   Listen
Calm down

verb
1.
Become quiet or calm, especially after a state of agitation.  Synonyms: calm, chill out, cool it, cool off, settle down, simmer down.  "It took a while after the baby was born for things to settle down again."
2.
Make calm or still.  Synonyms: calm, lull, quiet, quieten, still, tranquilize, tranquillise, tranquillize.  Antonym: agitate.
3.
Become quiet or less intensive.  Synonym: lull.






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"Calm down" Quotes from Famous Books



... thought as I went out on to the steps with him. "The fresh air will do him good on the way, and we shall calm down, turn back, and go ...
— The Possessed - or, The Devils • Fyodor Dostoyevsky

... With, exultant cackles of joy they'd trail in, reachin' out like quarter-horses, their wings half spread out, their eyes beamin' with delight. At the lower turn they'd quit. Then, after talkin' it over excited-like for a few minutes, they'd calm down and wait ...
— Arizona Nights • Stewart Edward White

... from me! This tiao will be wheedled by the cash in it, before we've played for half an hour! All we've got to do is to give them sufficient time to lure this string in as well; we needn't trouble to touch the cards. Your temper, worthy ancestor, will thus calm down. If you've also got any legitimate thing for me to do, you might bid me go and ...
— Hung Lou Meng, Book II • Cao Xueqin

... drive, though, and as I had time to calm down I saw that numbers of the huge buildings are nobly designed, and very magnificent in decoration, making a splendid effect in spite of their vast size rather than because of it. And such shops, too! They're like the fairy palaces my nurse ...
— Lady Betty Across the Water • Charles Norris Williamson and Alice Muriel Williamson

... cloud of smoke, then he fanned the screen away and squinted at Vaniman. "If you ever hear of me giving away the state's case in any matter where I'm concerned you'll next hear of me committing suicide by locking myself into a bank vault. Calm down, Mr. Cashier!" ...
— When Egypt Went Broke • Holman Day


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