to cool off
4
4.9
- phrasal verb
- /kuːl ɔf/
:
perder interés
- need to cool off
So because a lot of people get divorced, they find a passionate person and then it does cool off, you know, because here's the thing, I don't know.
- So because a lot of people get divorced, they find a passionate person and then it does cool off, you know, because here's the thing, I don't know.
- And then we need to, you know, see whether they remain friendships or whether they cool off and breakdown even, you know, sort of just get forgotten.
Examples
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10 days may not be enough to cool her off.
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Every once in a while a fellow has got to cool himself off.
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Honestly, I kind of suggested that we cool things off for a bit, and she did not want to.
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I knew you wouldn't cool off for long.
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My excitement cooled off a bit when there was no progress made by the time they were originally going to open.
Blog text (10) -
Glad to see everybody's cooled off.
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And then we need to, you know, see whether they remain friendships or whether they cool off and breakdown even, you know, sort of just get forgotten.
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After our argument, I think we need to cool off before we talk again.
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He decided to cool off his feelings for her after she rejected him.
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To avoid getting overwhelmed, she chose to cool off and focus on her hobbies.
Synonyms
146
4.1
To become less strong in feeling or interest
93
4.0
An effect or feeling that becomes less strong and then stops
49
2.6
Become less in number, amount, or quality
39
3.7
To relax after a busy or stressful time and slowly come to an end
9
4.0
To become gradually less strong or severe
8
5.3
To gradually lose energy or interest and end weakly
6
7.5
To fail suddenly after a good start
3
3.9
To become less strong or busy
To lose energy or interest slowly until it fades
Antonyms
How Interested
Surface Forms
Morphology
cool + off
The sense 'to become less enthusiastic or interested' is directly derivable from 'cool' (to lessen intensity) combined with the particle 'off', which here signals reduction or moving away from a prior state. This compositional phrasal-verb pattern (cf. 'cool down') is commonplace in English and in many languages, so a B1 learner who knows the constituents will readily infer the meaning.
Etymology
Cool off can also describe feelings losing heat: imagine strong interest as a bright fire that slowly dies when you stop feeding it. That's why cool off means 'to become less interested or excited'.