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"Chill out" is a very popular, more-recent African-American idiom. It was coined sometime during the late-1970's when it was said to try and calm down someone who was hot under the collar.

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Origin: Chill out is a recent African-American idiom. When a person starts to get angry, we often use the expression 'hot under the collar.' Therefore, it is easy to see how the opposite would mean calm.

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