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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Meanwhile, the Northeast has quieted down after being battered by rain and wind on Friday.
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Kyle Reiman, ABC News, 20 Dec. 2025
Christmas Day weather Things will quiet down on Christmas Eve, and there shouldn't be any travel issues for Santa and his reindeer on Wednesday night.
—Terry Eliasen, CBS News, 19 Dec. 2025
The Notre Dame Fighting Irish and Marcus Freeman are still fresh off of being snubbed for the College Football Playoff field and the fallout from that decision still hasn't quieted down.
—Evan Massey, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2025
Because of that trend, Upton isn’t ready to rule out additional fireworks from the sun, even as the solar cycle starts to quiet down.
—Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 19 Nov. 2025
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Kyle Reiman, ABC News, 20 Dec. 2025
Christmas Day weather Things will quiet down on Christmas Eve, and there shouldn't be any travel issues for Santa and his reindeer on Wednesday night.
—Terry Eliasen, CBS News, 19 Dec. 2025
The Notre Dame Fighting Irish and Marcus Freeman are still fresh off of being snubbed for the College Football Playoff field and the fallout from that decision still hasn't quieted down.
—Evan Massey, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2025
Because of that trend, Upton isn’t ready to rule out additional fireworks from the sun, even as the solar cycle starts to quiet down.
—Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 19 Nov. 2025
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“Quiet down.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/quiet%20down. Accessed 21 Dec. 2025.
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