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dial down

idiom
Meaning

To reduce or diminish in effect or intensity.


Examples
SIMPLE

Please dial down the volume on the music.

CONTEXTUAL

The manager asked the team to dial down the aggressive marketing tactics for the new campaign.

COMPLEX

In order to maintain a professional atmosphere, the diplomat suggested they dial down the hostile rhetoric during the upcoming peace negotiations.

Anchors to
Related idioms5entries
  1. 01

    dial back

    To reduce (one's energy or intensity); to restrain (a feeling or action).

  2. 02

    dial towards

    To be oriented towards, to be figuratively moving in the direction of or aiming at a conclusion.

  3. 03

    pocket dial

    A situation in which one's cellphone makes a call from one's pocket when its buttons are inadvertently pressed.

  4. 04

    reset the dial

    To change something radically; to reform or revolutionize something.

  5. 05

    shift the dial

    To make a significant change or impact in a particular situation or context.

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