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quieten down

verb quietens down · quietening down · quietened down

  1. UK, intransitive To become quieter. As the lights dimmed the audience quietened down.
  2. UK, intransitive To reduce intensity of an activity. Diplomacy can only begin when the violence quietens down.
  3. UK, transitive To make someone or something become quieter. The teacher did her best to quieten the children down.

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@misc{quieten_down_2026,
  title = {quieten down},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/quieten%20down},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}