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quieten


quieten/ˈkwaɪətn/ British English, quiet American English verb
[Word Family: noun: quiet, disquiet, quietness, quietism, quietude; verb: quieten, quiet; adverb: quietly; adjective: quiet]
1. [INTRANSITIVE AND TRANSITIVE]
(also quieten down British English) to become calmer and less noisy or active, or to make someone or something do this:
  ▪ Javed Miandad appealed for calm, but he failed to quieten the protesters.
  ▪ Quiet down and get ready for bed!
  ▪ Things tend to quieten down after Christmas.

2. [TRANSITIVE]
to reduce a feeling such as fear or worry:
  ▪ I managed to quieten her fears.

verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
ADVERB
down
I decided to stay where I was at the moment until things quietened down.
About 4 am things quietened down, and we went home to get a spot of sleep.
After I'd quietened down they left me alone.
After Mosse died, things seemed to have quietened down.
Of course, it quietens down later.
David has mellowed and quietened down a great deal.
It was strange but, since they'd started talking about getting rid of Donald, the baby had quietened down.
He decided it was better to leave the library until the place had quietened down.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
Cardiff quietened Jimmy with a gesture that meant: Let him talk.
Her travelling companions had quietened, as if some one in authority had arrived.
I decided to stay where I was at the moment until things quietened down.
In an attempt to quieten things down, executive producer George Harrison arranged for a press conference in London.
Invent some reason to quieten old Nosy Salt.
It didn't knock her unconscious, but at least it quietened her enough to let me get at Jules.
The driver tried to quieten the horses as two screeching cats, fighting over some vermin, scurried out of the shadows.
When one conceals matters, one does not necessarily quieten them.

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