"cool it" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: cools it [present, singular, third-person], cooling it [participle, present], cooled it [participle, past], cooled it [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} cool it (third-person singular simple present cools it, present participle cooling it, simple past and past participle cooled it)
  1. (informal) Calm down, relax, take a time out. Tags: informal
    Sense id: en-cool_it-en-verb-S6y4KcbY Categories (other): English terms with placeholder "it" Disambiguation of English terms with placeholder "it": 66 34
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see cool, it. Synonyms: cool one's jets
    Sense id: en-cool_it-en-verb-tkX6mJGZ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 40 60 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 40 60 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 23 77
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