quiet down
Third Person
quiets down
Present Participle
quieting down
Past Tense
quieted down
Past Participle
quieted down
1
to become silent or less noisy
- The children were asked to quiet down during the school assembly.
- The audience started to quiet down as the performance began.
- It's time for everyone to quiet down in the library.
- The wind was howling, but it quieted down as the storm passed.
- The noisy construction site finally quieted down in the evening.
Antonyms:
2
to make someone or something become quiet
- He tried to quiet the barking dog down by giving it a treat.
- I attempted to quiet the children down with a bedtime story.
- She used her soothing voice to quiet the agitated baby down.
- The manager had to quiet the heated argument down during the meeting.
- The librarian politely asked the patrons to quiet their conversations down.