English

Verb

simmer down ‎(phrasal verb)

1. (intransitive, idiomatic) To decrease in intensity of anger, agitation, or excitement.
   • 1870, Mark Twain, "Goldsmith's Friend Abroad Again," letter 4:

     "Silence! Now ye had better go slow, my good fellow. This is two or three times you've tried to get off some of your d----d insolence. Lip won't do here. You've got to simmer down."

   • 1910, Stewart Edward White, The Rules of the Game, ch. 73:

     The agitation, thus deprived of its chief hope, might very well have been expected to simmer down, to die away slowly.

   • 2003 June 30, Nazila Fathi, "British Minister Presses Iran To Allow Nuclear Inspections," New York Times (retrieved 9 Apr 2009):

     Although the street demonstrations have simmered down, protests have continued in other forms.

Synonyms

• calm down

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