Usually means: Reduce intensity or extremeness gradually.
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  1. tone down: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. tone down: Collins English Dictionary
  3. tone down: Vocabulary.com
  4. tone down: Wiktionary
  5. tone down: Dictionary.com
  6. tone down: Rhymezone
  7. tone down: FreeDictionary.org
  8. tone down: Mnemonic Dictionary
  9. tone down: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. Construction Term Glossary (No longer online)
  2. tone down: Legal dictionary

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  1. tone down: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. tone down: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. tone down: Idioms

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  1. Space and Electronic Warfare Lexicon (No longer online)

Definitions from Wiktionary (tone down)

verb:  (ambitransitive, idiomatic) To relax; to make quieter or less obtrusive; to make milder.
verb:  (ambitransitive, idiomatic) To moderate or relax; to diminish or weaken the striking characteristics of; to soften.
verb:  (literature, television, media, ambitransitive, idiomatic) To make a television program, piece of writing, etc. less offensive and so more suitable for a family audience.

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