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lower the tone

if something lowers the tone of a place, it makes it less suitable for people of a high social class, and if something lowers the tone of a conversation or a piece of writing, it makes it less polite or of a lower quality (usually + of ) The locals don't like students living around here. It lowers the tone of the neighbourhood. Trust you to lower the tone of the evening by telling rude jokes, Ian!

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Daughter Kelly, though, is even less than impressed with this show which reminds us which foul-mouthed family has single-handedly done so much to lower the tone of British broadcasting. Ozzy keeps his distance from danger; Tomorrow The Osbourne Family ... by Birmingham Mail (England) This brand of humor does nothing but lower the tone of your magazine and is insulting not only to handicapped people and their families everywhere but to the intelligence of your readers. Over the line by Ogus, Andrew H. / The Advocate (The national gay & lesbian newsmagazine) But saucy chef Nigella Lawson and rock goddess Courtney Love threatened to lower the tone. 3AM: GOWN 'N' OUT! by The Mirror (London, England)			love it! Love makes the world go round Love me, love my dog love to bits love to death Love will find a way Love you! love-hate relationship lovely Lovely weather for ducks low low life low man on the totem pole low on the totem pole low profile low-end low-hanging fruit low-key lowdown lower lower ears lower oneself to some level lower sights lower the boom lower the boom on lower the tone lower voice luck luck into luck of the draw luck of the Irish luck out luck out of lucky Lucky at cards, unlucky in love lucky break lucky dog lucky for you lucky streak lull lull before the storm lull into lull into a false sense of security lull to sleep lumber lumber along lumber off lump lump and else together lump in throat Lump it!			Lower Stage Weapons Elevator Lower State Youth Soccer Association Lower Statistical Limit lower status Lower Sternal Border Lower Sukhumvit Dart League Lower Sunbury Residents' Association Lower Super Output Area Lower Support Frame Lower Surficial Aquifer Lower Susquehanna Bulldog Club Lower Susquehanna Heritage Greenway Lower Suwannee National Wildlife Refuge Lower Sydenham Lower Sydenham Lower Tactical Internet Lower Thames Valley Conservation Authority Lower Than Whale Stuff lower the boom lower the boom on lower the courage of lower the estimation of Lower the Guns lower the sale price lower the standard lower the tone lower the value of Lower Thermosphere and Ionosphere Lower Thermosphere Profiler Radar Lower Third-Order Inter-Modulation Lower Thracian Lowland Lower Tier Defended Area Lower Tier Project Office Lower Time Bound Lower Tolerance Limit Lower Top Tube Lower Torso Assembly Lower Township Municipal Utilities Authority Lower transit Lower transit Lower Transport Layer Lower Tray Lower Trent Region Conservation Authority Lower triangular Lower triangular form Lower triangular matrix Lower Triassic Lower Trip Point Lower Troposphere Radar Lower Trunk Rotation Lower Tunguska

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