cool down
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Also, cool off.
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Effect a lower temperature, especially of the body following vigorous exercise. For example, After a race the coach makes the entire team do stretches to cool down , or Let's take a dip to cool off . These phrases date from a.d. 1000 with reference to the weather or cooking (as in First let the eggs cool off ). The first gained renewed currency with the exercise boom of the late 1900s.
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See cool off , def. 2.
Example Sentences
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“It’s abnormally warm and will probably stay warm at least through the weekend before we actually cool down.”
From Los Angeles Times
Our call of the day from strategists at Jefferies say what’s needed to cool down the AI scare trade and boost markets right now is a good old “public backlash.”
From MarketWatch
Bikes are a staple at Olympic rinks here, as skaters use them to warm up, cool down and get some easy miles done.
"We are sweating full gas. It's like you're coming out from the sauna. So it doesn't matter. I wanted to lay longer in the snow to cool down."
From Barron's
After a week of unseasonably warm weather, conditions are expected to cool down Friday, with possible showers over the Ventura and Santa Barbara county mountains through the evening, the weather service said.
From Los Angeles Times
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