"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 Synonyms: hush, hush up, quiet down, quieten down, shut up
    Sense id: en-hush_down-en-verb-VOs6M5Xk Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (down) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 20 80 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs with particle (down): 20 80

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for hush down meaning in English (1.6kB)

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