cool off / cool down

cool off / cool down
Cool off / cool down
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 TED: Is Bob still in love with Jane? BILL: No, he’s cooled off a lot. TED: I thought that they were both cooling down.

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  • cool down — or[cool off] {v.} To lose or cause to lose the heat of any deep feeling (as love, enthusiasm, or anger); make or become calm, cooled or indifferent; lose interest. * /A heated argument can be settled better if both sides cool down first./ * /John …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • cool down — or[cool off] {v.} To lose or cause to lose the heat of any deep feeling (as love, enthusiasm, or anger); make or become calm, cooled or indifferent; lose interest. * /A heated argument can be settled better if both sides cool down first./ * /John …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • cool\ down — • cool down • cool off v To lose or cause to lose the heat of any deep feeling (as love, enthusiasm, or anger); make or become calm, cooled or indifferent; lose interest. A heated argument can be settled better if both sides cool down first. John …   Словарь американских идиом

  • cool down — verb 1. make cool or cooler Chill the food • Syn: ↑cool, ↑chill • Ant: ↑heat (for: ↑cool) • Derivationally related forms: ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • cool down — to stop feeling angry. After the girls were kept apart for a while, tempers cooled down and the shouting stopped. I was really angry, so I left the house and took a walk to cool off …   New idioms dictionary

  • cool\ off — • cool down • cool off v To lose or cause to lose the heat of any deep feeling (as love, enthusiasm, or anger); make or become calm, cooled or indifferent; lose interest. A heated argument can be settled better if both sides cool down first. John …   Словарь американских идиом

  • cool — [ko͞ol] adj. [ME & OE col < IE base * gel , cold, to freeze > CHILL, COLD, L gelu] 1. moderately cold; neither warm nor very cold 2. tending to reduce discomfort in warm or hot weather [cool clothes] 3. a) …   English World dictionary

  • cool — UK US /kuːl/ verb [I or T] (also cool off, also cool down) ► if an economy, a market, etc. cools, or if something cools it, it grows less quickly than before: »The Canadian economy, which has enjoyed robust growth, is expected to cool off in the… …   Financial and business terms

  • cool — vi: to lose passion: become calm sometimes used with off or down the time elapsing...is such that a reasonable man thus provoked would have cool ed W. R. LaFave and A. W. Scott, Jr. Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 …   Law dictionary

  • cool — cool1 W3 [ku:l] adj comparative cooler superlative coolest ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(temperature)¦ 2¦(clothing)¦ 3¦(calm)¦ 4¦(approval)¦ 5¦(agreement)¦ 6¦(not friendly)¦ 7¦(colour)¦ 8 a cool million/hund …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • cool — cool1 [ kul ] adjective *** ▸ 1 cold (but pleasant) ▸ 2 fashionable/good ▸ 3 calm and relaxed ▸ 4 not friendly ▸ 5 large amount of money ▸ + PHRASES 1. ) rather cold, often in a pleasant way: Tomorrow it will be cloudy and cool everywhere. The… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

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