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Definition dial sth down in British English

dial sth down phrasal verb

phrasal verb
1

to reduce the tension or intensity of a situation

Example

I am told that the two men have agreed that they need to "dial down" the extent to which the two parties pick public fights with each other before the coalition becomes fatally fractured and factionalised.

Definition dial sth down in British English