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What does tone down mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word tone down? Here's what it means.

Verb
  1. (idiomatic) To relax; to make quieter or less obtrusive; to make milder.
  2. To moderate or relax; to diminish or weaken the striking characteristics of; to soften.
  3. To make a television program, piece of writing, etc. less offensive and so more suitable for a family audience.
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I wonder if the new editor of the Daily Telegraph has any Irish blood and will tone down the paper's anti-euro, anti-EU philippics.
Although increasingly stranded politically by the ebbing tide of socialism, he has refused to tone down his rabble-rousing rhetoric.
If lipstick looks too shiny on your eyelids, dust your lids with loose powder foundation to tone down the color.
He was forced to strategically excise parts in the opening shower sequence, replace some lascivious dialogue, and tone down some of the overt gore.
I experimented with a light sifting of powder over everything to tone down the brightness of the colours.
Nevertheless, the authors did succeed in redrafting it in an attempt to tone down the document's content.

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