cool someone out
cool out
1. To become calmer. Don't talk to your mother like that! Go to your room and cool out! I'm sorry for my outburst—I just need some time to cool out.
2. To cause someone to become calmer. In this usage, a noun or pronoun can be used between "cool" and "out." If you insist on talking to your mother that way, I think a punishment is the only thing that will cool you out. That break seemed to cool him out—he's no longer yelling at the staff.
See also: cool, out
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
cool someone out
tv. to calm someone; to appease someone. The manager appeared and tried to cool out everybody, but that was a waste of time.
See also: cool, out, someone
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
- cool out
- cooled out
- cool beans
- Cool beans!
- I'm cool
- phat phree
- phat-phree
- phree
- cool bananas
- Cool bananas!