cool it

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cool it

verb cools it · cooling it · cooled it

informal Calm down, relax, take a time out. We did tell him to cool it but he just got more and more irate.
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see cool, it.
Similar: cool one's jets

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@misc{cool_it_2026,
  title = {cool it},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/cool%20it},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}