quiet down

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quiet down

verb quiets down · quieting down · quieted down

  1. US, intransitive To become quieter. As the lights dimmed the general noise quieted down.
  2. US, transitive To make someone or something become quieter. The teacher did her best to quiet the children down.
  3. US, intransitive, transitive To diminish in intensity. Diplomacy can only begin when the violence quiets down.

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verb become quieter

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العربيةهَدَأَ hadaʔa

verb make someone or something become quieter

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@misc{quiet_down_2026,
  title = {quiet down},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/quiet%20down},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}