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dialed down

dialed down is the simple past and past participle of dial down.

Meaning of dial down

Verb

dial down (third-person singular simple present dials down, present participle (US) dialing down or (UK) dialling down, simple past and past participle (US) dialed down or (UK) dialled down)

  1. (idiomatic, transitive) To reduce or diminish in effect or intensity.
    • Let's dial down the anger in this conversation.

Questions about dialed down

What is dialed down the simple past and past participle of?
Dialed down is the simple past and past participle of dial down.

Words near dialed down in the dictionary

  1. dialectometry
  2. dialects
  3. dialectual
  4. dialed
  5. dialed back
  6. dialed down
  7. dialed down a notch
  8. dialed in
  9. dialed into
  10. dialed it in
  11. dialed out

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Adapted from Wiktionary: dialed down (page history and authors); dial down (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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