See dial back on Wiktionary
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{
"form": "dials back",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
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]
},
{
"form": "dialing back",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "dialling back",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
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},
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"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
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"past"
]
},
{
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"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
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}
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"pres_ptc2": "dialling back"
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"name": "en-verb"
}
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{
"ref": "2023 July 9, AP, “‘You should have seen this note’: US meteorologists harassed for reporting on climate crisis”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:",
"text": "The Des Moines station asked him to dial back his coverage, facing what he called an understandable pressure to maintain ratings.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
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"To reduce (one's energy or intensity); to restrain (a feeling or action)."
],
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"reduce",
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],
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]
],
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"(idiomatic, transitive) To reduce (one's energy or intensity); to restrain (a feeling or action)."
],
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"word": "de-emphasize"
},
{
"word": "downplay"
}
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"word": "dial back"
}
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{
"form": "dials back",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
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]
},
{
"form": "dialing back",
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"present"
]
},
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"present"
]
},
{
"form": "dialed back",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "dialed back",
"tags": [
"past"
]
},
{
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]
},
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]
}
],
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"name": "en-verb"
}
],
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"(idiomatic, transitive) To reduce (one's energy or intensity); to restrain (a feeling or action)."
],
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},
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"word": "downplay"
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"word": "dial back"
}
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