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COOL IT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does cool it mean?
• COOL IT (verb)
The verb COOL IT has 1 sense:
1. become quiet or calm, especially after a state of agitation
Familiarity information: COOL IT used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Become quiet or calm, especially after a state of agitation
Classified under:
Verbs of feeling
Synonyms:
calm; calm down; chill out; cool it; cool off; settle down; simmer down
Context example:
It took a while after the baby was born for things to settle down again.
Hypernyms (to "cool it" is one way to...):
change state; turn (undergo a transformation or a change of position or action)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
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