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calm down

calm down verb: to become less excited, intense, or angry.

Verb

calm down (third-person singular simple present calms down, present participle calming down, simple past and past participle calmed down)

  1. (intransitive) To become less excited, intense, or angry.
    • Calm down before you hurt somebody.
  2. (transitive) To cause to become less excited, intense, or angry.

calm down meaning in Kannada and Arabic

calm down in Kannada

ಸಿಟ್ಟಿಳಿಸು, ಶಾಂತವಾಗು, ಹೊಟ್ಟೆ ತಣ್ಣಗಾಗು

calm down in Arabic

To become less excited
أَهْدَأَ ʔahdaʔa, هَدَّأَ haddaʔa
To cause to become less excited
أَهْدَأَ ʔahdaʔa, هَدَّأَ haddaʔa

Synonyms of calm down

Forms of calm down

third-person singular presentcalms down
present participlecalming down
past participlecalmed down
pastcalmed down

Questions about calm down

What does calm down mean?
Calm down means to become less excited, intense, or angry.
What is calm down in Kannada?
Calm down in Kannada is ಸಿಟ್ಟಿಳಿಸು, ಶಾಂತವಾಗು, ಹೊಟ್ಟೆ ತಣ್ಣಗಾಗು. See Calm down meaning in Kannada.
What part of speech is calm down?
Calm down is a verb.
What is the past tense of calm down?
The past tense of calm down is calmed down.

Words near calm down in the dictionary

  1. calm and collected
  2. calm as a cucumber
  3. calm as a millpond
  4. calm before the storm
  5. calm blue ocean
  6. calm down
  7. calm the farm
  8. calm wind
  9. calm winds
  10. calm your farm
  11. calm your tits

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