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cool off

  1. Also, cool down or out . Calm down, become less ardent, angry, or agitated, as in We can't discuss it until you've cooled off . The verb cool alone has been used in this sense since approximately a.d. 1000; off and down were added in the late 1800s, and Davy Crockett's Almanac (1836) had: “Resting a while, just long enough to cool out a little.”

  2. see cool down .

  3. Also, cool out . Kill someone, as in They threatened to cool off his brother . [ Slang ; first half of 1800s] Also see cool out , def. 2.



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I also always bring a bandanna to help evade the dust and I will pour cold water on it on a hot day and wrap it around my neck to cool off.

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I had to pause it a couple of times to give myself a few moments to cool off.

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After his Melbourne exit, the 24-time Grand Slam champion said he and Murray would need to "cool off" before discussing the future.

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But by the second quarter, Watkins had cooled off from her scorching start.

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Surrounded by red columns and frescoes of athletes, a visitor could cool off in the plunge pool, which is so large 20-30 people could fit in it.

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