tone down's Usage Examples:

He argued strongly with the early group in New York that it needed to tone down what he called the "God bit".

Frenkle sheepishly agrees to tone down his performance in the spirit of cooperation.

Calcareous grassland (or alkaline grassland) is an ecosystem associated with thin basic soil, such as that on chalk and limestone downland.

The decision was then made to dress Vance in frumpier clothing to tone down her attractiveness.

win a lucrative and high-profile research project for the university, pressurises Diane to tone down her controversial lectures, during which she tries.

explore frankly the issue of homosexuality, and Gielgud ignored advice to tone down the "implicit queerness".

Dixon reworked Meehan and O"Donnell"s first draft of the screenplay to tone down the musical"s campiness.

to tone down his agenda, to which he allegedly replied: "Get out, you dastards!" Reportedly, the rioters were violently dispersed by the Adevărul typographers.

The band was told to tone down the lyrics or forget about the music business.

It was also repeated (and edited to tone down its racier overtones) for a daytime slot on Nine while they lobbied (unsuccessfully).

cuts (made by the distributor prior to submission to the BBFC) made to tone down the nudity and violence, on VHS as the 12 certificate was not available.

In addition, the studio requested the filmmakers tone down their content, as they feared Zombie Island had proved too scary for its intended audience.

While the committee stopped short of blaming the comics industry for juvenile delinquency, they did suggest it tone down the product.

Synonyms:

downward, downwards, downwardly,

Antonyms:

up, upwardly, upward, upwards,