Usually means: Reduce intensity or excitement gradually.
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  1. simmer down: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. simmer down: Merriam-Webster
  3. simmer down: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. simmer down: Collins English Dictionary
  5. simmer down: Vocabulary.com
  6. simmer down: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. simmer down: Wiktionary
  8. simmer down: Dictionary.com
  9. Simmer Down: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. simmer down: Rhymezone
  11. simmer down: FreeDictionary.org
  12. simmer down: Mnemonic Dictionary
  13. simmer down: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. simmer down: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. simmer down: Idioms

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. simmer down: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (simmer down)

▸ verb:  (intransitive, idiomatic) To decrease in intensity of anger, agitation, or excitement.

Similar:
calm down, chill out, cool off, settle down, calm, cool it, quiet down, cool down, damp down, tone down, more...

Opposite:
escalate, intensify, flare up, heat up

Types:
become less intense, become less active, become less excited, more...

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Similar:
calm down, chill out, cool off, settle down, calm, cool it, quiet down, cool down, damp down, tone down, more...

Opposite:
escalate, intensify, flare up, heat up

Types:
become less intense, become less active, become less excited, more...



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