Meaning of simmer down | Babel Free
Equivalents
Examples
“You need⟳ to simmer down and stop⟳ yelling at me.”
“It took a while for the heated debate⟳ to simmer down and for people to start⟳ listening to each other.”
“"Silence! Now ye had better go slow, my good fellow. This is two or three times you've tried to get⟳ off some of your insolence. Lip won't do here. You've got to simmer down."”
“The agitation, thus deprived of its chief hope⟳, might very well have⟳ been expected to simmer down, to die⟳ away slowly.”
“Although the street demonstrations have⟳ simmered down, protests have⟳ continued in other forms.”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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