(intransitive, British) To become quieter.
As the lights dimmed the audience quietened down.
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(intransitive, British) To reduce intensity of an activity.
Diplomacy can only begin when the violence quietens down.
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(transitive, British) To make someone or something become quieter.
The teacher did her best to quieten the children down.
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UK and Irish slang — Cockney, Scouse, Geordie, Yorkshire, Glaswegian, Brummie, Welsh, West Country, plus Irish English. Centuries of regional dialects feeding into modern British and Irish street talk.
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