"hush down" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: hushes down [present, singular, third-person], hushing down [participle, present], hushed down [participle, past], hushed down [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} hush down (third-person singular simple present hushes down, present participle hushing down, simple past and past participle hushed down)
  1. (intransitive, informal) To become quiet; to cease making sounds. Tags: informal, intransitive
    Sense id: en-hush_down-en-verb-Ty6MRbJr
  2. (transitive) To quieten; to make quiet Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-hush_down-en-verb-VOs6M5Xk Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs formed with "down", Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 37 63 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "down": 20 80 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 28 72 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 16 84
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: hush, hush up, quiet down, quieten down, shut up

Inflected forms

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