calm down

• Фразовый глагол, используемый для обозначения действия по уменьшению возбуждения, тревоги или волнения; успокаиваться или успокаивать.

A phrasal verb used to indicate the act of becoming less agitated, anxious, or excited; to relax or soothe.

uncountable · transitive and intransitive · phrasal, separable

1. Become less agitatedinformal

   To become less angry, anxious, or excited.

   Успокоиться

   • She took a deep breath to calm down.
   • He needed a few minutes to calm down after the argument.
   • The teacher asked the students to calm down.

   Synonymschill outcool downcool offease offrelaxsettle downsimmer down

   Antonymsagitateexciteflarefretpanicragestormupset

2. Make someone less agitatedinformal

   To help someone become less angry, anxious, or excited.

   Успокоить

   • The mother calmed down her crying baby.
   • He tried to calm down his friend after the bad news.
   • The manager calmed down the angry customer.

   Synonymsappeaseassuagecomfortmollifypacifyplacatequietreassuresettlesoothe

   Antonymsagitatedisturbexcitefazeinflameprovokerouseupset

Base verbcalm