cool it

Meanings

verbcool it (third-person singular simple present cools it, present participle cooling it, simple past and past participle cooled it)

present singular third person cools it · participle present cooling it · participle past cooled it · past cooled it

informalCalm down, relax, take a time out.
We did tell him to cool it but he just got more and more irate.
1 more example
MCDERMOTT: Oh my God, Bateman, you want me to fry you up some fucking potato pancakes? Some latkes? BATEMAN: No, just cool it with the antisemitic remarks.
2000, Mary Harron, Guinevere Turner, American Psycho
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see cool, it.
Synonyms: cool one's jets

verbUsed other than figuratively or idiomatically: see cool, it.

Similar

verbbecome quiet or calm, especially after a state of agitation

Broader

change stateturn

Also see

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

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