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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Alicia Geigel, Southern Living, 24 Oct. 2025
Brown, after an authoritative start to the fourth quarter, went quiet down the stretch, scoring just two points in the final five minutes and missing his last three shots.
—Zack Cox, Boston Herald, 23 Oct. 2025
The teacher used the numbers as a call and response as a means to quiet down the classroom.
—Paloma Chavez, Miami Herald, 17 Oct. 2025
The man quieted down for a couple months before starting up again, violating the order more than 50 times through social media posts and other online interactions.
—Shelly Bradbury, Denver Post, 13 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for quiet down
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“Quiet down.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/quiet%20down. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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