tune down (?.)

• abate
• abridge
• allay
• alleviate
• assuage
• attemper
• bank the fire
• blunt
• chasten
• compress
• constrain
• control
• curtail
• cushion
• cut
• cut back
• cut down
• damp
• dampen
• de-emphasize
• deaden
• decrease
• deduct
• deflate
• depreciate
• depress
• diminish
• downgrade
• downplay
• dull
• ease
• extenuate
• fluff
• gentle
• keep within bounds
• knead
• laxate
• lay
• lenify
• lessen
• lighten
• limber
• limber up
• listen in
• loosen
• lower
• mash
• massage
• mellow
• milden
• mitigate
• moderate
• modulate
• mollify
• obtund
• palliate
• pare
• play down
• plump
• pulp
• reduce
• reduce the temperature
• relax
• restrain
• retrench
• roll back
• scale down
• shake up
• shorten
• simplify
• slacken
• slow down
• smash
• smother
• sober
• sober down
• soften
• soften up
• squash
• step down
• stifle
• subdue
• supple
• suppress
• take from
• tame
• temper
• tenderize
• tone down
• tune in
• tune up
• underplay
• weaken