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Meanings of
tone down
in English
Portuguese
amortecer
Catalan
deslluir
Back to the meaning
Deaden (a sound or noise), especially by wrapping.
dull
damp
mute
dampen
muffle
Portuguese
amortecer
To make less strong or intense; soften.
moderate
tame
Synonyms
Examples for "
moderate
"
moderate
tame
Examples for "
moderate
"
1
Two workers suffered serious injuries, while another suffered
moderate
injuries, police said.
2
Main outcome measure: The primary outcome measure was
moderate
to severe CP.
3
Partner alcohol use was also defined as light,
moderate
and high risk.
4
He made his house a meeting place for men of
moderate
opinion.
5
However, some studies reported a
moderate
reduction or increase of the anticoagulation.
1
State media and
tame
pro-government academics are increasingly aggressive in their response.
2
The animals were
tame
because they were not used to seeing men.
3
Gold's record run
tame
by 1980 standards Gold price at record levels?
4
The birds are
tame
and quite accomplished in the art of begging.
5
With slack still remaining in the labor market, wage inflation remains
tame
.
Usage of
tone down
in English
1
So let's
tone
down
the schadenfreude and hope that Theranos can deliver.
2
Plus, like I said, you need to
tone
down
the compassion anyway.
3
As for the curtsy, I'm trying to
tone
down
my wrist action.
4
She must do something to
tone
down
the beating of her heart.
5
There is no effort to touch up or
tone
down
the portrait.
6
I shall not attempt to
tone
down
the crudeness of Hungerford's language.
7
But a NATO source said ministers asked Gates to
tone
down
public criticism.
8
The record company never told them to
tone
down
the look, Crombie said.
9
She could
tone
down
the violence of what had happened in that tomb.
10
That's how police are able to
tone
down
the public outcry and emotions.
11
But Pyongyang appeared to
tone
down
recent rhetoric of impending war.
12
But the central government in Beijing is keen to
tone
down
the festivities.
13
In 1978 Patrick Stewart made a conscious decision to
tone
down
Shylock's Jewishness:
14
Commercially prepared mustards
tone
down
the reaction by adding ingredients such as flour.
15
Possibly the narrator, or redactor, desired to
tone
down
the traces of mythology.
16
She laughs, and then seems to think she should
tone
down
the rhetoric.
Other examples for "tone down"
Grammar, pronunciation and more
This collocation consists of:
tone
down
tone
Verb
Preposition
Translations for
tone down
Portuguese
amortecer
abafar
Catalan
deslluir
trencar-se
deslluir-se
romejar
espuntar
esmussar
despuntar
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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