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Meanings of tone down in English

Portuguese
amortecer
Catalan
deslluir

Deaden (a sound or noise), especially by wrapping.

        amortecer

        To make less strong or intense; soften.

              Usage of tone down in English
              1
              So let's tone down the schadenfreude and hope that Theranos can deliver.
              The Guardian
              2
              Plus, like I said, you need to tone down the compassion anyway.
              Monster republic
              3
              As for the curtsy, I'm trying to tone down my wrist action.
              The Guardian
              4
              She must do something to tone down the beating of her heart.
              Ester Ried Yet Speaking
              5
              There is no effort to touch up or tone down the portrait.
              Christianity and Ethics: A Handbook of Christian Ethics
              6
              I shall not attempt to tone down the crudeness of Hungerford's language.
              Mrs. Falchion, Volume 1.
              7
              But a NATO source said ministers asked Gates to tone down public criticism.
              Reuters
              8
              The record company never told them to tone down the look, Crombie said.
              Radio NZ
              9
              She could tone down the violence of what had happened in that tomb.
              Stolen heat
              10
              That's how police are able to tone down the public outcry and emotions.
              Radio NZ
              11
              But Pyongyang appeared to tone down recent rhetoric of impending war.
              Reuters
              12
              But the central government in Beijing is keen to tone down the festivities.
              The Irish Times
              13
              In 1978 Patrick Stewart made a conscious decision to tone down Shylock's Jewishness:
              The merchant of venice
              14
              Commercially prepared mustards tone down the reaction by adding ingredients such as flour.
              The everything chinese cookbook: from wonton soup to sweet and s...
              15
              Possibly the narrator, or redactor, desired to tone down the traces of mythology.
              The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia, Volume 1 of 28
              16
              She laughs, and then seems to think she should tone down the rhetoric.
              Turn left at the trojan horse: a would-be hero's american odysse...
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              Translations for tone down
              Portuguese
              amortecerabafar
              Tone down through the time
              Tone down across language varieties
              South Africa
              Common
              Ireland
              Common
              United States of America
              Less common
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