Definition of dial down

dial down

verb - transitive

to reduce.

Citation from "A History of Violins", Royal Pains (TV), Season 2 Episode 15 (2011) censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.

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Last edited on Apr 24 2013. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Mar 29 2011.
to decrease the intensity of one's speech or behavior.






Citation from "The Unusual Suspects", Alphas (TV), Season 1 Episode 10 (2011) censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.

Last edited on Feb 22 2013. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Feb 22 2013.

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Other terms relating to 'to decrease, reduce':
chill out	Definitions include: to calm down.
dial back	Definitions include: to reduce in frequency or intensity.
notch down	Definitions include: to reduce.
chill	Definitions include: to relax; "hang out".
take down a notch	Definitions include: to decrease.

Slang terms with the same root words

Other terms relating to 'dial':
Babe-dial	Definitions include: When a small child accidentally calls people using their parent's phone. Similar to a butt-dial.
butt-dial	Definitions include: to accidentally call a person on a cellphone that's in one's pocket.
dial	Definitions include: a person's face.
dial back	Definitions include: to reduce in frequency or intensity.
dialed	Definitions include: extreme approval, great, awesome, fine or meaning to be perfect, precise or better.
dialed-in	Definitions include: To be very proficient at a given activity.
dial the porcelain phone	Definitions include: to vomit.
dial tone	Definitions include: a bore, dullard.
dial-up	Definitions include: to make or get something.
drunk-dial	Definitions include: to make a phone call while drunk.
Other terms relating to 'down':
batten down the hatches	Definitions include: to prepare for hardship.
beat down	Definitions include: a fight or severe beating.
bout to put the beat down	Definitions include: It means having to beat someone up.
bow down	Definitions include: to back down from a situation.
bow down before the porcelain god	Definitions include: to vomit into a toilet.
bow down to the porcelain god	Definitions include: also "bow down to the white porcelain god."
bring down	Definitions include: to sadden one.
bring the house down	Definitions include: to greatly impress a crowd.
broke down	Definitions include: unattractive.
bust down	Definitions include: a person who has oral sex and intercourse with multiple people.
butter down	Definitions include: to knuckle down; to submit to; to melt down; to be unable to take the heat; to give in.
buttoned-down	Definitions include: overly formal, conservative.
chow down	Definitions include: to eat.
come down	Definitions include: to give someone oral sex.
cool down	Definitions include: to stop being angry.
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