dial down

English

Verb

dial down (third-person singular simple present dials down, present participle dialing down or dialling down, simple past and past participle dialed down or dialled down)

(idiomatic, transitive) To reduce or diminish in effect or intensity.
Let's dial down the anger in this conversation.

We felt there was too much graphic detail in the first draft, and thus asked the writer to dial it down.

Translations

reduce in intensity

Chinese:
Mandarin: 調低, 调低 (tiáodī), 降低 (zh) (jiàngdī), 減少 (zh), 减少 (zh) (jiǎnshǎo)
Finnish: vähentää (fi)

Russian: please add this translation if you can
Spanish: please add this translation if you can
Swedish: skala ner, minska (sv)

Anagrams

laid down

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