cool (sb) down/off
— phrasal verb with cool uk/kuːl/us/kuːl/verb
B2 to stop feeling angry or to stop someone else feeling angry after an argument:
Leave her to cool off and then talk to her.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Calming and relaxing
- assuage
- balls-to-the-wall
- bask
- bread
- bread and circuses idiom
- calm
- chill
- humour
- lighten sth up
- lighten up
- lull
- lull sb into sth
- make yourself at home idiom
- relaxation
- settle
- slow down
- soften
- steady
- take things easy idiom
- take/need a cold shower idiom
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