to chill out
99
4.9
- phrasal verb
- /tʃɪl aʊt/
- Informal
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- After a long week, I decided to chill out at home with a good book.
- Just chill out
- Relax and chill out
- Need to chill out
So like, I'm just gonna chill out, you know, I don't know.
- So like, I'm just gonna chill out, you know, I don't know.
- OK guys, so I'm just going to chill out and I'll be right back.
- We just stayed here and chilled out and enjoyed ourselves and took it easy.
- You know, just no story here, Just chill out.
- But like actual, you know, people just chilling out.
- And she gets up and she, my mum says relax, like chill out.
- So we get talking, people just chilling out, smoking weed, listening to rave music.
- So I agreed, you know, and I said, let's just chill out for a few days, let things cool.
- I just want to take this moment and remind myself to chill the hell out.
Examples
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Relax, just chill out.
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Hey, let's just chill out here a minute.
Fiction book (2002) -
OK, got to just chill out and actually launch a game.
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-Hey, just chill out, all right?
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Everyone just needs to chill out.
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Guys, can we chill out and play cards?
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You need to chill out.
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I think everyone needs to chill out and let it be.
Blog text (17) -
We just stayed here and chilled out and enjoyed ourselves and took it easy.
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Don't you think you should chill out a little bit?
Synonyms
∞
1.0
To feel less nervous and more calm
962
1.0
Make a person or animal less upset
594
1.4
To become less angry, excited, or upset
572
2.5
Relax and avoid doing too much or worrying
223
4.0
To relax and do very little
103
2.7
Pull air slowly into your lungs to calm yourself
56
2.5
To become quiet and calm after being excited
55
6.2
To calm down and stop being angry or excited
50
2.7
To become calmer, less angry, or less hot
39
3.7
To relax after a busy or stressful time and slowly come to an end
35
3.4
Become relaxed and less tense after work or a stressful time
31
3.4
To relax and become less nervous or tense
19
2.5
Feel less angry or excited
14
4.1
To become calm after strong feelings or to tell someone else to calm down
14
3.5
To stop and rest for a short time
14
3.5
Do something active, like go for a run, to feel less angry or stressed
10
6.3
Become more relaxed and easygoing
8
5.6
Relax and enjoy yourself after being serious or busy
2
8.6
Calm down and relax after feeling stressed or excited
1
2.7
Relax and feel less stressed after work
1
5.6
Relax and become less tense or formal
To relax and spend time with friends or alone
Make a tense person or situation feel more relaxed
Antonyms
How Calm
56
2.5
∞
1.0
- Slang
2
8.6
- Informal
99
4.9
- Informal
594
1.4
67
1.0
Surface Forms
Morphology
The verb 'chill' (to relax/hang out) combined with the particle 'out' (giving a sense of away/completely or an emphatic particle) yields the meaning 'to relax or calm down' in a directly compositional way. This phrasal-verb pattern is common and predictable in English, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents can readily infer the MWE meaning.
Etymology
Chill out comes from a simple image: when someone feels 'hot' with anger or stress, they are told to get chill and step out of that heat to cool down. That's why it means 'to relax or become calm'.