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hush down

hush down verb: to become quiet; to cease making sounds.

Verb

hush down (third-person singular simple present hushes down, present participle hushing down, simple past and past participle hushed down)

  1. (informal, intransitive) To become quiet; to cease making sounds.
  2. (transitive) To quieten; to make quiet

Synonyms of hush down

Forms of hush down

third-person singular presenthushes down
present participlehushing down
past participlehushed down
pasthushed down

Questions about hush down

What does hush down mean?
Hush down means to become quiet; to cease making sounds.
What part of speech is hush down?
Hush down is a verb.
What is the past tense of hush down?
The past tense of hush down is hushed down.

Words near hush down in the dictionary

  1. Husers
  2. Huses
  3. hush
  4. hush clause
  5. hush clauses
  6. hush down
  7. hush house
  8. hush houses
  9. hush kit
  10. hush kits
  11. hush money

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