💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Dial down"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| dial backverb | (idiomatic, transitive) To reduce (one's energy or intensity); to restrain (a feeling or action). |
| quiet downverb | (intransitive, US) To become quieter. |
| key downverb | (figurative, transitive) To relax. |
| tone downverb | (ambitransitive) To relax; to make quieter or less obtrusive; to make milder. |
| damp downverb | (transitive) to reduce the intensity of (an emotion or problem) |
| turn downverb | (idiomatic) To refuse, decline, or deny. |
| reduceverb | (transitive) To bring down the size, quantity, quality, value or intensity of something; to diminish, to lower. |
| lower | Bottom; more towards the bottom than the middle of an object. |
| slim downverb | (ambitransitive) To reduce weight; to make or become thinner. |
| downshiftnoun | A change in career or lifestyle to one which is not as well paid but less stressful and more personally rewarding. |
| dial down a notchverb | Synonym of take down a notch. |
| quieten downverb | (transitive, British) To make someone or something become quieter. |
| dampen downverb | (transitive) to reduce the intensity of (an emotion or problem) |
| attenuateverb | (transitive) To reduce in size, force, value, amount, or degree. |
| phase downverb | (transitive) To gradually reduce the size or scale of. |
| take down a notchverb | (transitive, idiomatic, of a person or organization) To cause a person's or group's self-esteem or importance to be decreased. |
| de-escalateverb | (ambitransitive) To decrease in intensity or magnitude. |
| easenoun | Lack of difficulty; the ability to do something easily. |
| downtoneverb | (linguistics, transitive) To tone down; to make less emphatic or significant; to downplay. |
| taper offverb | (idiomatic) To diminish or lessen gradually; to become or make smaller, slower, quieter, etc. |
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