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dials down

dials down is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 dials down

What is dials down the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Dials down is the third-person singular simple present indicative of dial down.

Words near dials down in the dictionary

  1. dialpads
  2. dialpainter
  3. dialpainters
  4. dials
  5. dials back
  6. dials down
  7. dials down a notch
  8. dials in
  9. dials into
  10. dials it in
  11. dials out

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Adapted from Wiktionary: dials 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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