mellow out

mellow out
verb
become more relaxed, easygoing, or genial
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With age, he mellowed

Syn: ↑mellow, ↑melt
Derivationally related forms: ↑mellowing (for: ↑mellow)
Hypernyms: ↑change
Verb Group: ↑mellow
Verb Frames:
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mellow out (slang)
To become relaxed or calm (esp under the influence of drugs)
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Main Entry:mellow

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ˌmellow ˈout [intransitive/transitive] [present tense I/you/we/they mellow out he/she/it mellows out present participle mellowing out past tense mellowed out past participle mellowed out] informal phrasal verb
to become more relaxed and calm, or to make someone more relaxed and calm

He needs to mellow out a little.

Thesaurus: to be, or to become calm and stop worryingsynonym
Main entry: mellow

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mellow out [phrasal verb]
US informal : to become relaxed and calm

She mellowed out as she grew older.

: to calm down

You're getting all upset over nothing. You need to mellow out.

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Main Entry:mellow

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ˌmellow ˈout derived
(informal, especially NAmE) to enjoy yourself by relaxing and not doing much

We just listened to music and mellowed out all afternoon.

Main entry:mellowderived

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