"tone down" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Audio: En-au-tone down.ogg [Australia] Forms: tones down [present, singular, third-person], toning down [participle, present], toned down [participle, past], toned down [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} tone down (third-person singular simple present tones down, present participle toning down, simple past and past participle toned down)
  1. (transitive, intransitive, idiomatic) To relax; to make quieter or less obtrusive; to make milder. Tags: idiomatic, intransitive, transitive
    Sense id: en-tone_down-en-verb-SPLV87oD
  2. To moderate or relax; to diminish or weaken the striking characteristics of; to soften.
    Sense id: en-tone_down-en-verb-WwTAcmZa
  3. To make a television program, piece of writing, etc. less offensive and so more suitable for a family audience.
    Sense id: en-tone_down-en-verb-t1xK3PmU Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (down) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 17 16 67 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs with particle (down): 19 24 57
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: water down

Inflected forms

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