cool off
See also: cool-off
English
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[edit]cool off (third-person singular simple present cools off, present participle cooling off, simple past and past participle cooled off)
- (intransitive) To decrease in temperature, activity, or temper.
- You are getting a little too angry; you need to cool off.
- The metal will take about three hours to cool off after the molding.
- (transitive) To cause to decrease in temperature, activity or temper.
- At first he was very angry, but his friends managed to cool him off.
- (intransitive) To lose interest or enthusiasm [with on].
- 1974 December 11, Lord Mowbray and Stourton, “Future Of The Railways”, in House of Lords Hansard[1], volume 355, column 655:
- While talking about freight, I must express my regret that the Government seem to be cooling off on the Channel Tunnel.
- 2013 April 18, James Ball, Tom Clark, “Margaret Thatcher taught Britain to love business, poll finds”, in The Guardian[2], archived from the original on 2021-11-30:
- The YouGov research – contrary to other polls – also suggested Brits have cooled off on the idea of Thatcher's flagship "right to buy" policy
- 2015 April 11, Michael Beschloss, “Presidents Who Knew the Babe”, in The New York Times[3], archived from the original on 2022-12-27:
- But, by Lieb’s account, the scheming for Ruth’s endorsement collapsed when the Black Sox scandal erupted, and the Harding men “cooled off on the whole subject.”
- 2019, William Arntz, How to Suffer ... In 10 Easy Steps: Discover, Embrace and Own the Mechanics of Misery[4], Watkins Media, →ISBN:
- He talked with the Montgomerys and learned that it was working — they were cooling off on the deal.
- (intransitive) To be imprisoned.
- He's cooling off in the state pen.
- (transitive, slang) To kill (someone).
- (intransitive, slang) To wait for a furor to die down; to hide during a police manhunt.
- After doing the job, he went to the safehouse to cool off.
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[edit]to reduce in temperature, activity or temper
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to cause to reduce in temperature, activity or temper
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