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sobering down

sobering down is the present participle and gerund of sober down.

Meaning of sober down

Verb

sober down (third-person singular simple present sobers down, present participle sobering down, simple past and past participle sobered down)

  1. To become, or make, sober
    Synonyms:
    sober up

Questions about sobering down

What is sobering down the present participle and gerund of?
Sobering down is the present participle and gerund of sober down.

Words near sobering down in the dictionary

  1. soberer
  2. soberers
  3. soberest
  4. sobereth
  5. sobering
  6. sobering down
  7. sobering up
  8. soberingly
  9. soberise
  10. soberised
  11. soberises

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Adapted from Wiktionary: sobering down (page history and authors); sober down (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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