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Cool off

verb

Become quiet or calm, especially after a state of agitation. Synonyms: calm, calm down, chill out, cool it, settle down, simmer down. "It took a while after the baby was born for things to settle down again."

Lose intensity. Synonyms: cool, cool down.

Feel less enamoured of something or somebody.

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"Cool off" Quotes from Famous Books

... and dried cotton is worked three-quarters of an hour in a vat containing a tannin solution (1 oz. per gallon). The cotton remains in this liquid, which is allowed to cool off for twelve hours, then it is hydro-extracted. Sumac turns the shade somewhat greener, which is noticed especially after bleaching, therefore ...

— The Dyeing of Cotton Fabrics - A Practical Handbook for the Dyer and Student • Franklin Beech

... says I. "And in that case allow me to stake you to the price of peace. Here you are, Pouly. Now go out in the sun and cool off." ...

— Odd Numbers - Being Further Chronicles of Shorty McCabe • Sewell Ford

... she began to foot up hard things against herself. How she had talked to him that night! what things she had told him! Then afterwards, what other things she had proposed to do,propositions that were stamped at once with the seal of impropriety. Hazel pressed her hands to her cheeks, trying to cool off those painful flushes. Wellhe should see now!She could wait, if he could. Which praiseworthy climax was reachedlike the top of Mount Washingtonin a shower of rain. But the whole effect of the musings was to make her shrink within herself, and take up again all the old shyness which had been yielding, ...

— The Gold of Chickaree • Susan Warner

... a dot, Ted," added the long-legged scout, with a wide grin on his thin and freckled face. "Trust Elmer Chenowith to think up a programme that will meet with universal approval. But this is a pretty warm proposition for a late August day. Let's sit in the shade a while, and cool off, while we're waiting for Landy and Chatz to ...

— Afloat - or, Adventures on Watery Trails • Alan Douglas

... "Well, you can cool off some more," he shouted, his temper now fully aroused; "or go back where you was this afternoon and see if they'll take you in there! I know all about your deceitful tricks! I come home to grind the scythes and found the house and barn empty Cephas said you'd driven up Saco Hill and I took ...

— The Story Of Waitstill Baxter • By Kate Douglas Wiggin

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