dialed down
Reduced the intensity
Dialed down means reduced in intensity, volume, or prominence.
The image comes from turning a dial to lower a setting: Can you dial down the rhetoric?
She dialed down her expectations after the first interview.
The opposite is dialed up.
Often appears as dial it down, a request to tone something down.
- moderatedRestrained or supervised
- dimmedReduced in brightness
- quietedMade less loud
- curtailedCut short prematurely
- subduedReduced in intensity
scaled back · attenuated · tempered · lowered · hushed · softened · controlled · muted · dampened · eased up · minimized · inhibited · restrained · put a lid on · suppressed · faded · adjusted · streamlined
dialed downdialed up
Increased in degree
cranked up · turned up · amped up · ramped up · pumped up
dialed downfired up
Extremely enthusiastic and motivated
hyped up · over the top · worked up · wound up · revved up
dialed downramped up
Increased in degree
stepped up · doubled down · gone all out · escalated · intensified
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