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Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “apparently related to pressure controls in a boiler”)
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dial down (third-person singular simple present dials down, present participle dialing down or dialling down, simple past and past participle dialed down or dialled down)
- (idiomatic, transitive) To reduce or diminish in effect or intensity.
- Let's dial down the anger in this conversation.
- We felt there was too much graphic detail in the first draft, and thus asked the writer to dial it down.
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