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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During the course of the near five hour Gala, at the end of which Spacey finally stepped onstage to accept his award, the actor took selfies with attendees, kept the conversation light, and at one point stepped up to the mic to tell the room to quiet down during the auction portion of the ceremony.
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Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 20 May 2025
Chairman Brett Guthrie, a Republican from Kentucky, tried to get the protesters to quiet down, but his calls went unheard despite his warning that they could be arrested.
—Dan Gooding
hannah Parry, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 May 2025
While the mind should be quieting down by the time your head hits the pillow, the opposite is often true: busy thoughts abound.
—Rosie Acosta, Outside Online, 17 Apr. 2025
The volunteers had to walk over and ask them to quiet down.
—Brody Miller, New York Times, 15 May 2025
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Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 20 May 2025
Chairman Brett Guthrie, a Republican from Kentucky, tried to get the protesters to quiet down, but his calls went unheard despite his warning that they could be arrested.
—Dan Gooding
hannah Parry, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 May 2025
While the mind should be quieting down by the time your head hits the pillow, the opposite is often true: busy thoughts abound.
—Rosie Acosta, Outside Online, 17 Apr. 2025
The volunteers had to walk over and ask them to quiet down.
—Brody Miller, New York Times, 15 May 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 4 Jun. 2025.
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