dial back

verb

verb

Idiomatic To reduce (one's energy or intensity); to restrain (a feeling or action).

The Des Moines station asked him to dial back his coverage, facing what he called an understandable pressure to maintain ratings.2023 July 9, AP, “‘You should have seen this note’: US meteorologists harassed for reporting on climate crisis”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:

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