~ (sb/sth) (down) (BrE) to become calmer or less noisy; to make sb/sth calmer or less noisy:
[V] The chatter of voices gradually quietened. * Things seem to have quietened down a bit this afternoon (= we are not so busy, etc.). [also VN]
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