Communication
go quiet
suddenly become silent
To suddenly stop speaking or become much less noisy.
Hear it in real life
What happened after you told him?
He just went quiet.
Everyone went quiet when the results were announced.
The mistake everyone makes
Not: The room went into quiet when she arrived.
Say: The room went quiet when she arrived.
Use the fixed phrase "go quiet," not the word-for-word form "go into quiet."
Build it
How it fits in a sentence.
go quiet; went quiet
Your turn: say it out loud
Everyone went quiet when the results were announced.
Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.
go quiet
suddenly become silent
“Everyone went quiet when the results were announced.”
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