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Cool off

verb, slang

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Verb
  1. 1
    To decrease in temperature, activity, or temper. intransitive

    "You are getting a little too angry; you need to cool off."

  2. 2
    lose intensity wordnet
  3. 3
    To cause to decrease in temperature, activity or temper. transitive

    "At first he was very angry, but his friends managed to cool him off."

  4. 4
    become quiet or calm, especially after a state of agitation wordnet
  5. 5
    To lose interest or enthusiasm [with on]. intransitive

    "While talking about freight, I must express my regret that the Government seem to be cooling off on the Channel Tunnel."

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  1. 6
    feel less enamoured of something or somebody wordnet
  2. 7
    To be imprisoned. intransitive

    "He's cooling off in the state pen."

  3. 8
    To kill (someone). slang, transitive
  4. 9
    To wait for a furor to die down; to hide during a police manhunt. intransitive, slang

    "After doing the job, he went to the safehouse to cool off."

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