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tone down (三人称単数 現在形 tones down, 現在分詞 toning down, 過去形および過去分詞形 toned down)

1. (idiomatic) To relax; to make quieter or less obtrusive; to make milder.

   Ask them to tone down that orange and pink color scheme a bit.

   I hope they'll tone it down and stop arguing so much.

   • 1873, Charles Kingsley, Prose Idylls

     its thousand hues toned down harmoniously

2. To moderate or relax; to diminish or weaken the striking characteristics of; to soften.
   • 1858, John Gorham Palfrey, chapter VI, in History of New England during the Stuart Dynasty. […], volume I, Boston, Mass.: Little, Brown, and Company, OCLC 30449864, book I, page 218:

     The best method for the purpose in hand was to employ some one of a character and position suited to get possession of their confidence, and then use it to tone down their religious strictness, and, if circumstances should favor, to disturb the ecclesiastical constitution which they had set up.