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mellow out
Idioms and Phrases
Become genial or pleasant, calm down, relax, as in The teacher mellowed out when they explained what had happened . This expression uses mellow in the sense of “ripening,†with the connotation of softness and sweetness. [ Slang ; late 1900s]Example Sentences
Even the Pokémon noises are gently mellowed out in contrast to the coarser, more caterwauling sounds of the games; here the creatures purr, cry, coo and sigh like docile house pets.
“The older you get, the more it really wears on your system. I have very few friends left who are really hardcore drinkers.… They just mellowed out.â€
The sour sting of heartbreak is mellowed out by the sweet comfort of friendship; a peppery sprinkle of humor adds brightness to a heavy, serious broth.
“They attacked the trans community last legislative session and now that has mellowed out a little bit. So now they’re going to the next thing — drag queens.â€
This makes hemp feed a potential tool to mellow out cattle during transportation, weaning, and other stressful situations, he says.
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Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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