tone down

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tone something down

to cause something to have less of an impact on the senses of sight or sound; to lessen the impact of something prepared for public performance or consumption. This is rather shocking. You had better tone it down a bit. Tone down this paragraph.

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Prince Andrew, who had evidently wished to tone down the awkwardness of Pierre's remarks, rose and made a sign to his wife that it was time to go. War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo View in context And I think, Grahame, that lately she has been trying constantly, persistently, to tone down my opinions. The Yellow Crayon by Oppenheim, E. Phillips View in context I suppose one can tone down to it, but I feel a bit out of the picture at present. The Hound of the Baskervilles by Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan View in context			toffee toffee-nosed together together with toil toil for toil over toil up toilet toing and froing token token gesture told tolerable toll toll for tom Tom, Dick and Harry Tom, Dick, and Harry tomorrow Tomorrow is another day Tomorrow never comes Tomorrow's another day ton tone tone down tone up tongs tongue tongue in cheek tongue-in-cheek tongue-lashing tons of too bad too big for boots too big for britches too close for comfort too close to call too for words too funny for words too good to be true too hot to handle too little, too late too many chiefs Too many chiefs and not enough Indians Too many cooks Too many cooks spoil the stew too much Too much information! too much of a good thing too rich for blood			Tone Above Band Tone Alert Radio tone arm tone arm tone arms tone arms Tone burst Tone Calibrated Technique tone cluster Tone clusters tone code ranging tone color tone color tone color tone color tone colors Tone colour Tone colour Tone colour Tone colour tone colours tone control tone control Tone deaf Tone deaf tone deafness tone deafness tone deafness tone decay test Tone dialing tone down tone ending Tone generator Tone generator tone in tone language tone language Tone languages Tone languages tone localizer Tone mark Tone mark Tone mark Tone Modulation Tone Modulation tone of voice tone of voice tone of voice tone of voice Tone Operated Gain Adjusting Device Tone Operated Squelch Tone painting tone poem tone poem tone poems tone poems Tone quailty Tone quailty Tone quailty Tone quailty Tone quality

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