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QUIET DOWN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does quiet down mean? 

QUIET DOWN (verb)
  The verb QUIET DOWN has 1 sense:

1. become quiet or quieterplay

  Familiarity information: QUIET DOWN used as a verb is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


QUIET DOWN (verb)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Become quiet or quieter

Classified under:

Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling

Synonyms:

hush; pipe down; quiesce; quiet; quiet down; quieten

Context example:

The audience fell silent when the speaker entered

Hypernyms (to "quiet down" is one way to...):

change intensity (increase or decrease in intensity)

Verb group:

hush; hush up; quieten; shut up; silence; still (cause to be quiet or not talk)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Somebody ----s


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