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phrasal verb [intransitive] informal
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present tense
I/you/we/theychill out
he/she/itchills out
present participlechilling out
past tensechilled out
past participlechilled out

Related dictionary definitions

  1. same as chill1 (sense 4)

    I need to chill out for a few hours before meeting with them again.

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