quiet (down)

verb

Definition of quiet (down)next
as in to hush
to stop talking the kids quieted down when they realized I was about to ask them if they wanted ice cream

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for quiet (down)
  1. hush
  2. dry up
  3. clam up
  4. shut up
  5. pipe down
Verb
  • Matthews’ voice swung from gravelly to hushed in a simple, affecting tribute.
    Melissa Ruggieri, USA TODAY, 20 Oct. 2024
  • Throughout the first act, the auditorium was hushed.
    Tomas Weber, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Oct. 2024
Definition of hush
Verb
  • As the years passed, tips came in less and less frequently and, over time, dried up entirely.
    Veronica Fulton, NBC News, 3 Nov. 2024
  • Though guttation is a common occurrence on these fruiting bodies, the bright red droplets eventually dry up and turn more brown colored.
    Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 31 Oct. 2024
Definition of dry up
Verb
  • Judges struggle to name favorite cheese Ask a judge to pick their favorite and most will clam up, dodge the question or offer a long, unranked list.
    Kelly Meyerhofer, Journal Sentinel, 7 Mar. 2024
  • One social worker said that a girl clammed up in a recent interview that her mother was invited to.
    Scooty Nickerson, The Mercury News, 3 Mar. 2024
Definition of clam up
Verb
  • Those final panels, of the Red Skull being shut up in darkness — but not to die.
    Josh Weiss, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2024
  • Where other artists his age have long ago decided to shut up and play the hits, the mercurial 83-year-old is using his recent tour dates to cover songs from the ’50s and play tracks off his middling 2012 album Tempest, with only the occasional scrap of red meat thrown to audiences.
    Chris Stanton, Vulture, 18 Sep. 2024
Definition of shut up
Verb
  • So, the liberal media should pipe down and order the flowers.
    Voice of the People, New York Daily News, 23 Feb. 2024
  • Traditionalists who follow the Test arena want England to pipe down a bit and play sensibly when the game favours them.
    Tim Ellis, Forbes, 18 Feb. 2024
Definition of pipe down
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