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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That means the afternoon sea breeze that typically helps cool down conditions, especially in coastal areas, is warmer.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 27, 2026
Wholesale prices dropped last month, with June’s decline in energy prices helping to cool down the prices charged by producers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026
But it could only be a brief cool down because high pressure is currently forecast to build back over the UK again next week.
From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2026
A steward uses a handheld fan to cool down a spectator at the tennis at Wimbledon.
From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2026
At the words cool down, the akrafena’s inscriptions pulse, as if to say, I’m cool already, man!
From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer
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