COOLING (DOWN) Synonyms: 20 Similar and Opposite Words

cooling (down)

verb

present participle of cool (down)

as in settling (down)

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drying up

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There isn’t much wiggle room to miss on home run props without drying up the season’s profits.

— Josh Shepardson, Forbes.com, 5 Aug. 2026
Four and a half years later, American aid is drying up, Ukraine has replaced Bayraktar drones with more effective weapons of its own, and the country’s weapon designers have moved well beyond their low-tech garages.

— Thomas Nagorski, Time, 27 July 2026

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