simmer down

"I think we should give him at least a week to simmer down."

But it is very likely that the town will have some time to simmer down.

Told himself so- and that he ought to simmer down.

Nothing makes me want to pipe up like being told to simmer down.

When Congress left town last month, the health care debate simmered down.

He needs to simmer down and find a rebound girl to make him feel like a man again!

"You always said it was a good idea to break up long meetings, give everybody a chance to simmer down."

Simmering down, he started to leave the room, still giggling.

Really, Clara, you'd better just simmer down and try to remember you're a lady.

Noon signaled that we should leave to let things simmer down.

As three more games got under way that morning, people took their seats and simmered down.

As the school year ended last May, the controversy seemed to have simmered down.

He'll simmer down, I know him better than you do."

She had simmered down lately, but there's still that past to consider.

You're really impossible tonight, I'd like to change the subject until you simmer down."

Some students looked curious at this, and the noise simmered down.

Wait a few weeks until it simmers down, before we can talk and make sense."

Simmered down to truth, I am responsible party, not newspaper reporter.

It was three days later, after he'd had time to simmer down again, that there was another phone call.

Now he made a deliberate effort to simmer down.

It won't be late, and we always like to simmer down in company."

In ten years the matter had naturally simmered down, though a few people kept wondering if the wife from the west would ever turn up.

"Well," said the director, "I'd say we just sit tight and let things simmer down."

Tensions appear to have simmered down somewhat in the region over the past few days.

"Give him time to simmer down and then we'll square him."