tonesomethingdown
phrasal verbwithtoneverb[T]uk/təʊn/us/toʊn/(alsotone up)
to make something lessforcefuloroffensive, usually apieceof writing or aspeech:
Some of thelanguagein theoriginalplayhas beentoneddown for thetelevisionversion.
Becoming and making less strong
- abate
- abatement
- adulterate
- adulterated
- adulteration
- decline
- emasculation
- enervate
- enervating
- enfeeble
- enfeebled
- fade
- melt
- relieve
- sink
- tottering
- turn to jellyidiom
- wane
- waste away
- watersomethingdown
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Becoming and making smaller or less