cool down
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Also, cool off.
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Effect a lower temperature, especially of the body following vigorous exercise. For example, After a race the coach makes the entire team do stretches to cool down , or Let's take a dip to cool off . These phrases date from a.d. 1000 with reference to the weather or cooking (as in First let the eggs cool off ). The first gained renewed currency with the exercise boom of the late 1900s.
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See cool off , def. 2.
Example Sentences
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It also often means that temperatures don’t cool down as much at night.
From Seattle Times
Jason Heyward has cooled down since a hot start at the plate in spring training but Dave Roberts remains encouraged by the veteran outfielder.
From Los Angeles Times
Jason Heyward has cooled down since a hot start at the plate in spring training, but Dave Roberts remains encouraged by the veteran outfielder.
From Los Angeles Times
Those loudest outcries that greeted Bragg in office have cooled down somewhat.
From Washington Post
When the team manipulated receptors on the neurons to effectively turn them off, the animals didn’t cool down during anaphylaxis.
From Science Magazine
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