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voices off
- be quiet; silence!
2013, Margaret Berry Wilson, Teasing, Tattling, Defiance and More...[1], Northeast Foundation for Children, Inc., →ISBN, page 58:Redirect and remind (verbal): "Freeze. Voices off; eyes on me. Everyone take a few deep breaths." Let students be silent together for thirty seconds.
- Typically used by teachers.