"cool one's jets" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: cools one's jets [present, singular, third-person], cooling one's jets [participle, present], cooled one's jets [participle, past], cooled one's jets [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} cool one's jets (third-person singular simple present cools one's jets, present participle cooling one's jets, simple past and past participle cooled one's jets)
  1. (informal) To become less excited, intense, or active; to exercise self-restraint. Tags: informal Synonyms: calm down, chill, chill out, cool off, pull in one's horns, settle down, slow one's roll
    Sense id: en-cool_one's_jets-en-verb-U-C0Z3XT Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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