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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The social accounts of the Republican National Committee and Elon Musk quieted down. —

Amy Sherman and Sara Swann, Austin American-Statesman, 6 Nov. 2024 The supporters’ cheers muffled journalists’ questions, with security repeatedly asking them to quiet down. —

Melanie Anzidei, The Athletic, 10 Aug. 2024 Then—at the point when a conventional car gets loud—the I-Pace quiets down. —

Jack Stewart, WIRED, 30 Aug. 2018 The hype has quieted down since then—interest has dropped by about a third since 2020, according to Google Trends—but the evidence that mindfulness and other forms of meditation have real benefits continues to quietly accumulate. —

Alex Hutchinson, Outside Online, 9 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for quiet down