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Synonyms

mellow out

Idioms  
  1. Become genial or pleasant, calm down, relax, as in The teacher mellowed out when they explained what had happened. This expression uses mellow in the sense of “ripening,” with the connotation of softness and sweetness. [Slang; late 1900s]


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Keef would eventually mellow out, and drill crossed continents and oceans.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 7, 2023

This makes hemp feed a potential tool to mellow out cattle during transportation, weaning, and other stressful situations, he says.

From Science Magazine Nov. 14, 2022

Maybe victory will mellow out Gov. John Dutton.

From New York Times Nov. 10, 2022

These munchkin pics probably won’t mellow out Twitter, but I find that, even with their small presence, they help rehumanize the site.

From Slate Apr. 9, 2018

That is what makes this aging-of-the-population theory of crime reduction so appealingly tidy: since people mellow out as they get older, more older people must lead to less crime.

From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt

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