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Definition of Quiet down
1. Verb. Become quiet or quieter. "The audience fell silent when the speaker entered"
Related verbs: Hush, Hush Up, Quieten, Shut Up, Silence, Still
Generic synonyms: Change Intensity
Derivative terms: Hush, Quiescent, Quiet
Antonyms: Louden
Definition of Quiet down
1. Verb. (intransitive US) To become quieter ¹
2. Verb. (intransitive US) To reduce intensity of an activity. ¹
3. Verb. (transitive US) To make someone or something become quieter. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Quiet Down
Literary usage of Quiet down
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Art of Worldly Wisdom by Baltasar Gracián y Morales, Joseph Jacobs (1892)
"... quiet down. cxxxix Recognise unlucky Days. They exist: nothing goes well on
them ; even though the game may be changed the ill- luck remains. ..."
2. The Indian Sign Language: With Brief Explanatory Notes of the Gestures by William Philo Clark (1884)
"This is also used in sense of fear not, do not be anxious, quiet down, etc.
Deaf-mutes about same. Kettle. Form an incomplete horizontal circle in front of ..."
3. Transactions of the American Association of Genito-Urinary Surgeons by American Association of Genito-Urinary Surgeons (1920)
"But when it comes to the necessity of removing them it seems to me it is absolutely
unwise, because indubitably statistics show they do quiet down very ..."
4. Dislocations and Joint-fractures by Frederic Jay Cotton (1910)
"So long as the leg is used it does not quiet down into its bed again. ...
Some cases quiet down with rest, and under simple adhesive strapping running ..."
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