[syn: lull, calm down]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
calm down
v 1: 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." [syn: calm, calm down, cool off,
chill out, simmer down, settle down, cool it]
2: make calm or still; "quiet the dragons of worry and fear"
[syn: calm, calm down, quiet, tranquilize,
tranquillize, tranquillise, quieten, lull, still]
[ant: agitate, charge, charge up, commove, excite,
rouse, turn on]
3: become quiet or less intensive; "the fighting lulled for a
moment" [syn: lull, calm down]