Meaning

2 senses

  1. (informal)Calm down, relax, take a time out.

    We did tell him to cool it but he just got more and more irate.

  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see cool, it.

More definitions
  • become quiet or calm, especially after a state of agitation

Examples

31 sentences

  1. This is really cool, isn't it?

    CC BY 2.0 FR · Tatoeba · CK · A1Open on TatoebaReport a problem

  2. It's cool, isn't it?

    CC BY 2.0 FR · Tatoeba · CK · A1Open on TatoebaReport a problem

  3. I'm cool with it.

    CC BY 2.0 FR · Tatoeba · CK · A1Open on TatoebaReport a problem

  4. We're totally cool with it.

    CC BY 2.0 FR · Tatoeba · CK · B1Open on TatoebaReport a problem

  5. It sounds cool, doesn't it?

    CC BY 2.0 FR · Tatoeba · CK · A2Open on TatoebaReport a problem

Forms

cools it, cooling it, cooled it, cooled it
Base formcool it · to cool it
3rd person singularcools it
Present participlecooling it
Past simplecooled it
Past participlecooled it

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theycool it
he, she, itcools it

Past simpleLesson

all personscooled it

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave cooled it
he, she, ithas cooled it

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill cool it

Synonyms

7 synonyms
cool one's jets
Close in meaning

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
cookwarecoolA1coolerA2coollycoolness
cool it — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto