quiet down
phrasal verb
quieted down; quieting down; quiets down
chiefly US
: to become quiet or quieter : to become calmer or less noisy
The children started to quiet down after dinner.
He told the crowd to quiet down.
Things are quieting down in town.
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Yet, that was then and this is now — and the once-deafening buzz has definitely quieted down for this talented DJ duo, which could certainly use another smash hit right about now.
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Jim Harrington, The Mercury News, 11 Feb. 2025
The Pacific Northwest, which has played host to a series of surly atmospheric rivers and a bomb cyclone in recent days, should finally quiet down.
—Nicole Fallert, USA TODAY, 25 Nov. 2024
John Bardeen, Leon Cooper, and John Robert Schrieffer figured out that at low temperatures, a material’s jittery atomic lattice quiets down, so more delicate effects come through.
—Charlie Wood, WIRED, 12 Jan. 2025
He was fatally stabbed in 1971 in front of his own brownstone in New York City after asking a group of men, high on drugs, to quiet down and get off the front steps of his house.
—David Browne, Rolling Stone, 5 Mar. 2025
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Jim Harrington, The Mercury News, 11 Feb. 2025
The Pacific Northwest, which has played host to a series of surly atmospheric rivers and a bomb cyclone in recent days, should finally quiet down.
—Nicole Fallert, USA TODAY, 25 Nov. 2024
John Bardeen, Leon Cooper, and John Robert Schrieffer figured out that at low temperatures, a material’s jittery atomic lattice quiets down, so more delicate effects come through.
—Charlie Wood, WIRED, 12 Jan. 2025
He was fatally stabbed in 1971 in front of his own brownstone in New York City after asking a group of men, high on drugs, to quiet down and get off the front steps of his house.
—David Browne, Rolling Stone, 5 Mar. 2025
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“Quiet down.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/quiet%20down. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.
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