damp down

verb

to reduce the intensity of (a fire)

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Meanings

verbdamp down (third-person singular simple present damps down, present participle damping down, simple past and past participle damped down)

present singular third person damps down · participle present damping down · participle past damped down · past damped down

  1. transitiveto reduce the intensity of (a fire)
  2. transitiveto reduce the intensity of (an emotion or problem)
    1 more example

    Two years after England’s World Cup victory, Stiles was at Wembley again to help Manchester United become the first English team to win the European Cup final. Again Eusébio was one of his opponents, playing for Benfica, and again Stiles was detailed to keep him quiet. Although he was not as comprehensively successful in damping down his man the second time around, he still did a perfectly satisfactory job – and United won 4-1.

    2020 October 30, Brian Glanville, “Nobby Stiles obituary”, in The Guardian
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APA

damp down. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/damp%20down

MLA

“damp down.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/damp%20down. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “damp down,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/damp%20down.

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