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cool down

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Verb1.cool down - make cool or cooler; "Chill the food"
alter, change, modify - cause to change; make different; cause a transformation; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue"
quench - cool (hot metal) by plunging into cold water or other liquid; "quench steel"
ice - put ice on or put on ice; "Ice your sprained limbs"
refrigerate - cool or chill in or as if in a refrigerator; "refrigerate this medicine"
2.cool down - lose intensity; "His enthusiasm cooled considerably"
change - undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature; "She changed completely as she grew older"; "The weather changed last night"
3.cool down - loose heat; "The air cooled considerably after the thunderstorm"
change state, turn - undergo a transformation or a change of position or action; "We turned from Socialism to Capitalism"; "The people turned against the President when he stole the election"
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? cool down
vi
(lit)abkühlen; (weather also, person)sich abkühlen
(feelings etc)sich abkühlen; (anger also)verrauchen; (critical situation, person: = calm down) → sich beruhigen; look, just cool down will you!komm, reg dich (bloß wieder) ab! (inf); to let things cool downdie Sache etwas ruhen lassen
vt sep
food, drinkabkühlen; (= let cool down)abkühlen lassen; to cool oneself downsich abkühlen
situationberuhigen; put him in a cell, that’ll cool him downsteck ihn in eine Zelle, dann wird er sich schon wieder beruhigen


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"And I do colour up so hot, walking into church late, and all the people staring round," said Marian, "that I hardly cool down again till we get into the That-it-may-please-Thees.
And then, her temper's pretty quick, I guess; but there's one comfort, a child that has a quick temper, just blaze up and cool down, ain't never likely to be sly or deceitful.
Fifth, that Penelope would do well to cool down, and leave me, her father, to doze off again in the sun.
 
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