Cool it!

cool it

To calm down or stop. This phrase can be used as an imperative exclamation or as a verb phrase in the middle of a sentence. Cool it! I want you two to stop fighting this instant! My muscles have been really sore, so I'm going to cool it with the weight lifting for a while.
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Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

Cool it!

Inf. Calm down!; Take it easy! Don't get mad, Bob. Cool it! Cool it, you guys! No fighting around here.
See also: cool
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.

Cool it!

exclam. Calm down! Come on, cool it, man!
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McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See also:
  • cool it
  • cool it, to
  • (as) sure as eggs (is eggs)
  • sure as eggs is eggs
  • how about
  • how/what about...?
  • great minds
  • great minds think alike
  • eggs is eggs
  • a penny for them
References in periodicals archive
TURN TO PAGE 58 PEACEMAKER Buttler (centre) came between Bairstow and Vaughan VAUGHAN BRANDS BAIRSTOW NEGATIVE AND PATHETIC JOS COOL IT! England v India Tomorrow, Edgbaston, 10.30pm BY DEAN WILSON JOS BUTTLER has stepped in as peacekeeper after Michael Vaughan branded Jonny Bairstow "negative and pathetic" over claims that critics want England to fail.
David Suzuki and Ian Hanington; JUST COOL IT!; Greystone Press (Nonfiction: Ecology & Environment) 18.95 ISBN: 9781771642590
As climate change gains ground in the consciousness of the public, the audience for books like *Just Cool It! *grows.
Like many books that try to deal with climate change from soup to nuts, Just Cool It! struggles with the problem of currency.
Teaming up once again with Cool It! Events there will be a huge array of early evening and late night events offering something for everyone.
Ande (All Natural, Diverse and Eco-Friendly) Cosmetics won the Rexam 4th Annual Formulation Challenge, for its Cool It! burn salve.
My advice to you is to cool it! Don't insist on him feeding himself and just give him spoonfed food for the moment,
Cool it! The elderly prefer to work in a cool setting.
Boro's hard-working but temperamental defender Franck Queudrue was ordered today: "Cool it!"
Cool it! A study at the University of Kiel in Germany found that peppermint oil applied to the forehead helped to numb the pain of a headache.
1990: Launched its "Cool It!" program on 240 college campuses.
COOL IT! Stuart attempts to restrain Victor as he rages at Emma; LEAVE IT!
MILLS: Lucky escape; TARGET: Chelsea's Graeme Le Saux launches himself at Danny Mills at Leeds yesterday; COOL IT! O'Leary is warned by a linesman after his outburst at Elland Road yesterday; CRUNCH: Le Saux clatters into Mills with both feet
Smith appeared to send Rigney off but later he insisted that he was merely waving him away and telling him to cool it!