cool one's jets

verb

To become less excited, intense, or active; to exercise self-restraint.

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Meanings

verbcool one's jets (third-person singular simple present cools one's jets, present participle cooling one's jets, simple past and past participle cooled one's jets)

present singular third person cools one's jets · participle present cooling one's jets · participle past cooled one's jets · past cooled one's jets

  1. idiomaticinformalTo become less excited, intense, or active; to exercise self-restraint.

    Belle's boyfriend Jesse (Henry Simmons) is left to cool his jets while his woman bangs around the New York area.

    2004 October 6, Kirk Honeycutt, “Taxi (film review)”, in The Hollywood Reporter
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    Star Wars fans who positively can't cool their jets until the 19 May opening of Star Wars prequel The Phantom Menace need wait no longer than until early May.

    1999 April 7, Joyce Slaton, “Phantom Menace Book Tells All”, in Wired

    Synonyms: calm down, chill, chill out, cool off, pull in one's horns, settle down, slow one's roll

Synonyms & antonyms

verbTo become less excited, intense, or active; to exercise self-restraint.

Similar
calm downchillchill outcool offpull in one's hornssettle downslow one's roll
Also see
calm downcool itpull in one's hornsslow one's roll
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