Verb tone down has 2 senses
- muffle, mute, dull, damp, dampen, tone down - deaden (a sound or noise), especially by wrapping
--1 is one way to soften
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
- tone down, moderate, tame - make less strong or intense; soften; "Tone down that aggressive letter"; "The author finally tamed some of his potentially offensive statements"
--2 is one way to change, alter, modify
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
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