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dial down

verb dials down · dialing down · dialling down · dialed down · dialled down

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

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verb reduce in intensity

Españoldisminuir, rebajar, reducir, menguar
中文調低 /调低 tiáodī, 降低 jiàngdī, 減少 /减少 jiǎnshǎo
Deutschvermindern
Русскийприглуша́ть priglušátʹ, приглуши́ть priglušítʹ, уменьша́ть umenʹšátʹ, уме́ньшить uménʹšitʹ, убавля́ть ubavljátʹ, уба́вить ubávitʹ

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@misc{dial_down_2026,
  title = {dial down},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/dial%20down},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}