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Wind down
Wind down verb - To get rid of nervous tension or anxiety.
Both terms in one sentence
- As their career began to wind down in the latter half of the 1980s, Quiet Riot moved away from the Heavy Metal that had put them on the map and shifted first to synthpop ballads ("Twilight Hotel") and then to jive-talking, bluesy Hard Rock anthems very reminiscent of Aerosmith ("Calling the Shots").
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