chill out

From chill and out.

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chill out (third-person singular simple present chills out, present participle chilling out, simple past and past participle chilled out)

1. (intransitive, slang) To relax or take time out; to calm down; reduce or go easy on something.

   Synonym: chill

   Since I'm between projects, I think I'll just chill out.

   I wish I could chill out about the neighbor's barking dog, but it wakes me up every night.

   You should chill out on the fatty foods.

   • 2002 April 23, Avril Lavigne, Lauren Christy, Graham Edwards, Scott Spock (lyrics and music), “Complicated”, in Let Go, performed by Avril Lavigne, Arista Records:

     Chill out, whatcha yelling for?

   • 2004, Simon Pegg, Edgar Wright, Shaun of the Dead (motion picture):

     Ed: Chill out. Everyone's all right. / Shaun: Stop telling me to chill out!

   • 2004 January 2, Ariel Levy, “Where the Bois Are”, in New York Magazine‎^[1]:

     A girl […] telling her friend, “I met her at a party three weeks ago, but now she’s like e-mailing me and I’m just like, chill out, bitch!”

2. (intransitive, slang, somewhat dated) To hang out; spend time together with another person or group.

   Synonyms: chill, hang out

   Hey, we should chill out together this weekend.

• chillout

• chill
• take a chill pill
• chillax
• unwind

chill out (plural chill outs)

1. Alternative spelling of chillout