quiet down

phrasal verb

quieted down; quieting down; quiets down
chiefly US
: to become quiet or quieter : to become calmer or less noisy
The children started to quiet down after dinner.
He told the crowd to quiet down.
Things are quieting down in town.

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Following Trump’s victory in the US election, the fandom didn’t really quiet down. Angela Watercutter, WIRED, 30 Dec. 2024 John Bardeen, Leon Cooper and John Robert Schrieffer figured out (opens a new tab) that at low temperatures, a material’s jittery atomic lattice quiets down, so more delicate effects come through. Charlie Wood, Quanta Magazine, 6 Dec. 2024 The video ends with the jubilant crowd quieting down to listen to Moore’s emotional, career-spanning acceptance speech, which highlighted the significance of the moment for the actress. Luke Chinman, People.com, 6 Jan. 2025 The Pacific Northwest, which has played host to a series of surly atmospheric rivers and a bomb cyclone in recent days, should finally quiet down, AccuWeather senior meteorologist Tyler Roys told USA TODAY on Sunday as that national weather picture for the holiday grew sharper. John Bacon, USA TODAY, 24 Nov. 2024 See All Example Sentences for quiet down

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“Quiet down.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/quiet%20down. Accessed 27 Feb. 2025.

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