cool it

1. Calm down, relax, as in John was beginning to seethe, but I told him to cool it . [ Slang ; c. 1950]

2. Stop what one is doing, especially stop talking or behaving conspicuously, as in We'd be wise to cool it until the scandal blows over . It is also used as an imperative, as in Cool it! We'll be in trouble if anyone hears you . [ Slang ; c. 1950]

Example Sentences

“I think how cool it would have been,” he said.

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To create this structure, the researchers heated a metastable form of sodium hydridoborate until it began to crystallize, then cooled it rapidly to lock the structure in place.

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“We firmly believe that they should cool it, pull back, because if they do, so will California.”

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The Trumpworld version of Superman would fly that boy to “Alligator Alcatraz” to show him how cool it is to imprison immigrants in a swamp infested with crocodilians.

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The city doesn’t need a multibillion-dollar ad campaign to let the world know how cool it is or make it believe in itself.

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