Walking On Splinters

breathe easy*, calm, calm down*, collect oneself, compose oneself, cool off*, ease off allay, alleviate, appease, assuage, balm, becalm, compose, cool, cool it*, cool off, cool out*, hush, lay back*, lull, mitigate, mollify, pacify, placate, quiet, quieten, relax, relieve, settle, simmer down, soft-pedal*, soothe, steady, still, stroke, tranquilize, hang loose*, knock off*, laze, lie down, loosen up, recline, repose, rest, settle back, sim beguile, delight, entertain, fracture one*, gladden, gratify, make happy, panic, please, recreate, regale, relax, slay, tickle, wowmer down*, sit around, sit back, soften, stop work, tranquilize, unbend, unlax*, unwind