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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 quieter
Familiarity information: QUIET DOWN used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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