as in relaxes
to get rid of nervous tension or anxiety
I'm going to need to mellow out when this stressful week is finally at an end
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The second sound – the dub – occurs when the valves leading out of the heart close as the heart relaxes and refills with blood.—
Joshua Hutcheson,
The Conversation,
16 Oct. 2025 -
The plaintiffs—three current students in Brooklyn yeshivas, their parents, and two former students—ask the courts to strike down a new law that relaxes oversight of nonpublic schools.—
Robert Alexander,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 Sep. 2025
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The team dinner winds down after about an hour, as the coaches and players scatter.—
Brian Hamilton,
New York Times,
17 Oct. 2025
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In a clip from the docuseries, Swift winds down post-show.—
Althea Legaspi,
Rolling Stone,
13 Oct. 2025
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“Mellows (out).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mellows%20%28out%29. Accessed 20 Oct. 2025.
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