quiet down

phrasal verb

quieted down; quieting down; quiets down
chiefly US
: to become quiet or quieter : to become calmer or less noisy
The children started to quiet down after dinner.
He told the crowd to quiet down.
Things are quieting down in town.

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The teacher used the numbers as a call and response as a means to quiet down the classroom. Paloma Chavez, Miami Herald, 17 Oct. 2025 The man quieted down for a couple months before starting up again, violating the order more than 50 times through social media posts and other online interactions. Shelly Bradbury, Denver Post, 13 Oct. 2025 Over the last month or so, those rumors have started to quiet down. Evan Massey, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Oct. 2025 By the time the group made the turn, Thomas was essentially acting as a one-man volume knob, pleading for the crowd to quiet down with McIlroy or Lowry ready to putt, then pointing to his ear for points delivered by himself or Young. Brendan Quinn, New York Times, 28 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for quiet down

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“Quiet down.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/quiet%20down. Accessed 20 Oct. 2025.

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