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cool off

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Verb1.cool off - become quiet or calm, especially after a state of agitation; "After the fight both men need to cool off."; "It took a while after the baby was born for things to settle down again."
calm down, chill out, cool it, simmer down, calm, settle down
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"
2.cool off - lose intensity; "His enthusiasm cooled considerably"
cool down, cool
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 off - feel less enamoured of something or somebody
feel, experience - undergo an emotional sensation or be in a particular state of mind; "She felt resentful"; "He felt regret"
Translations
? cool off
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(liquid, food) → abkühlen; (person) → sich abkühlen
(fig) → (sich) abkühlen; (enthusiasm, interest) → nachlassen; (= become less angry) → sich beruhigen; (= become less friendly) → kühler werden (about or towards sb jdm gegenüber)


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Here was the chute, with its river of hogs, all patiently toiling upward; there was a place for them to rest to cool off, and then through another passageway they went into a room from which there is no returning for hogs.
The Jungle by Sinclair, Upton View in context
Depend upon it, Marilla, she'll cool off in a week or so and be ready enough to go back of her own accord, that's what, while, if you were to make her go back right off, dear knows what freak or tantrum she'd take next and make more trouble than ever.
Anne Of Green Gables by Montgomery, Lucy Maud View in context
Then Kerick sat down on the moss and pulled out a heavy pewter watch and let the drove cool off for thirty minutes, and Kotick could hear the fog-dew dripping off the brim of his cap.
The Jungle Book by Kipling, Rudyard View in context
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