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tone down

verb as in moderate

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Johnson urged conservatives to tone down their rhetoric to try to broaden the base.

All leaders involved have to tone down their “explanations” and self-justifications.

Progressives would be wise to tone down the triumphalism—at least in the run up to midterms.

Speechwriter Mark Katz quickly scrambled to tone down the jokes.

Now they are joining forces—politically and in business—to urge their parties to tone down the negativity and personal attacks.

They tone down its severity of style, and cast gently into it a mellowed light akin to that of the “dim religious” order.

Usually only an exceedingly small amount of its complement is needed to tone down a given color.

First, as a form in repose, she will tone down savage life, and pave the way from feeling to thought.

He anticipates success, but is gradually learning to tone down his enthusiasm, realizing that difficulties beset his way.

It is very difficult for the Muscular to "tone down" this powerful voice.

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On this page you'll find 42 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to tone down, such as: dampen, dim, mitigate, modulate, play down, and restrain.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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