dialsomethingdown
phrasal verbwithdialverb[IorT]uk/ˈdaɪ.əl/us/ˈdaɪ.əl/-ll-orUSusually-l-
informal(alsodialsomethingback)to make something lessforcefulorextreme:
Astageactormay need todialdown theenergyfor theintimacyof themoviecamera.
We mustfinda way todialback theviolenceinourcities.
- Thesingerwasequallyimpressivewhen hebrieflydialeddown thevolumefor ahandfulofacousticsongs.
- Nobodywantsawar- we ought todialdown therhetoric.
- Shedialedback thesugarandstoppedeatingbread.
- Thisrecipeis veryspicy. Dial it down if youprefer.
- Now someeducatorsandparentsaretryingtoteachstressedstudentsa newskill: how todialit down andrelax.
Becoming and making smaller or less
- abridgment
- attenuate
- attenuated
- attenuating
- attenuation
- boil
- damp
- falling-off
- foreshorten
- foreshortened
- go through the flooridiom
- haircut
- lessen
- runsomeone/somethingdown
- rundown
- sag
- salami slicing
- scalesomethingdown
- shave
- telescope
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Becoming and making less strong