to dial back
14
4.1
- phrasal verb
- /ˈdaɪəl bæk/
:
reducir
- To improve her work-life balance, she decided to dial back her overtime hours this month.
- dial it back a bit
- dial back expectations
- dial back a little
I'm like, look, I can give you drugs or we can just dial back this statin.
- I'm like, look, I can give you drugs or we can just dial back this statin.
- I'm trying to dial back the conversation and just let moments be with my kids.
- AMD needs to dial back it's marketing claims in some ways, in our opinion.
- And we were just so, so burnt out from that that I think once we hit our like Max bandwidth, we started to dial back down.
- And I think for me right now, that point has yet to come of where I'm like, I need to dial it back.
- He thinks they really need to dial it back because of Fox News.
- So cautiously optimistic, but still a little worried that consumers are going to be rotating down or sort of turning that dial back on spending, right?
- Can we maybe dial back to three?
- Now I would might, I might dial that back, use some blood meal, maybe use some, maybe use some Chilean nitrate or something like that.
Examples
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I suggest you dial it back a notch.
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AMD needs to dial back it's marketing claims in some ways, in our opinion.
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Yeah, dial it back if you still love and appreciate him.
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Can we maybe dial back to three?
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If we end up with such a situation, then we can dial things back.
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Maybe... maybe we might get somewhere if we dial it back.
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I'm trying to dial back the conversation and just let moments be with my kids.
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Does this mean that healthcare plans with 100% coverage will have to dial it back to 90?
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First time we've ever had to dial it back.
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Well, I still keep my workout, but I need to dial back the cardio a bit.
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Synonyms
687
1.4
To move or act more slowly
191
2.7
Make the sound or heat from something lower, for example music
169
2.9
To reduce how much you buy and use to save money and be healthier
89
3.0
Make an amount or level lower
75
3.2
Use less of something to save money or be healthier
44
3.7
To make something less strong, for example a sound, color or feeling
34
2.8
To make something smaller in amount or strength
23
6.8
To become less strong or severe and to make something do the same
18
4.2
To become gradually less in size or amount
17
7.4
To act in a less loud or angry way
16
4.4
Make something less strong or noticeable, for example sound and feeling
9
4.0
To become gradually less strong or severe
5
5.7
Reduce the strength of feelings or public anger
5
7.5
To reduce or control how much of something is allowed
4
4.1
To make a feeling, sound, or action less strong
1
7.2
To make something less in small steps that are hard to bring back
1
4.9
Become or make slower, for example the wind
1
5.7
Move, act, or work less quickly and with less energy
Antonyms
How Much
- NSFW
502
3.4
79
3.7
14
4.1
169
2.9
∞
1.6
44
3.7
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'to reduce the amount, level, or intensity' is directly inferable from combining 'dial' (a control you turn) with 'back' (to move backward): turning a control back lowers a setting. This compositional mapping is cross-linguistically common and parallels verbs like 'turn down', so a B1 learner who knows the constituents should be able to understand it.
Etymology
The phrasal verb dial back comes from the image of turning a dial, a round knob, back on a radio or stove to lower the volume or heat, so it means 'to reduce'.