chill out
(intransitive, slang, somewhat dated) To hang out; spend time together with another person or group.
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“I was reading the Bible the other day, and there were em dashes in the book of James, and I was like, hmm, is this AI-generated?,” Johnson said. “And it’s just funny, of course, no—good writers do this, so chill out.…
Do you ever wonder if you take comments on a mostly non serious page a little too seriously? Chill out mate or go back to the outrage farms on Twitter.
Cleaning of the house done, now to chill out and make these.
Some of you love man too much. Your man has warrants and left the car calmly no issues. Why would you try to rush the police and now you're also getting arrested and her man is telling her to chill out like he needs t…
Yeah! It helped me to give myself a reason for the why, made me chill out and not overthink things.
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(intransitive, slang, somewhat dated) To hang out; spend time together with another person or group.
“Anyone down to chill out and play games during the day time? I've kinda been having a hard time finding people to play with during these time. = u=;; (or even just doodling in a drawpile or something. idk)”
I wish I could chill out about the neighbor's barking dog, but it wakes me up every night.
“63. Sk8 Chill Out (reread) I just grin the entire time whenever I read this one . helps that I'm so attached to the original show but its just Good, the jokes keep making me not just do The Exhale but actually giggle out loud”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Anyone down to chill out and play games during the day time? I've kinda been having a hard time finding people to play with during these time. = u=;; (or even just doodling in a drawpile or something. idk)”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Evening with Swedish 🇸🇪 One of my favourite hobbies when can i chill out. It's not easy but it gives me so much fun. #findom #findomme”
— Bluesky· May 2026“museum is designing a new calm, nature-themed immersive room for babies/toddlers/pre-K kiddos and I don't think there's a single curator who isn't already planning to chill out in there after hours”
— Bluesky· May 2026“1. Chill out, I said this a month ago so I have effectively "shut the fuck up about it" 2. As a trans woman of color I mean the fucking thing I said”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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(intransitive, slang) To relax or take time out; to calm down; reduce or go easy on something.
““I was reading the Bible the other day, and there were em dashes in the book of James, and I was like, hmm, is this AI-generated?,” Johnson said. “And it’s just funny, of course, no—good writers do this, so chill out.” www.wsj.com/tech/ai/writ...”
“Cleaning of the house done, now to chill out and make these.”
“Do you ever wonder if you take comments on a mostly non serious page a little too seriously? Chill out mate or go back to the outrage farms on Twitter.”
Since I'm between projects, I think I'll just chill out.
““I was reading the Bible the other day, and there were em dashes in the book of James, and I was like, hmm, is this AI-generated?,” Johnson said. “And it’s just funny, of course, no—good writers do this, so chill out.” www.wsj.com/tech/ai/writ...”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Do you ever wonder if you take comments on a mostly non serious page a little too seriously? Chill out mate or go back to the outrage farms on Twitter.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Cleaning of the house done, now to chill out and make these.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Some of you love man too much. Your man has warrants and left the car calmly no issues. Why would you try to rush the police and now you're also getting arrested and her man is telling her to chill out like he needs to leave her...oh she's on drugs as I'm typing...well.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Yeah! It helped me to give myself a reason for the why, made me chill out and not overthink things.”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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