tone down

Definition

To relax; to make quieter or less obtrusive; to make milder.

Example Sentences

• "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."
• "There it all lay beneath us like a map; its thousand hues toned down harmoniously by the summer haze, and 'the eye was not filled with seeing,' nor the spirit with the intoxicating sight of infinitely various life and form in perfectest repose."