to become calm after being excited or angry
Bear and the other ART members had also been cleared to County USC Hospital and set up in separate rooms to simmer down.
I knew that if I waited long enough he would simmer down and I could get on with the business I had with him.
If that happens, explode back at him and wait for him to simmer down.
That was what Clements was always telling him: simmer down.
simmers down
simmering down
simmered down
There is no origin for this phrasal verb
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