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tone up	To strengthen and make the muscles of the body firmer by regular excercise.	Rate it: (4.00 / 2 votes)
tone down	To relax; to make quieter or less obtrusive; to make milder.	Rate it: (3.00 / 3 votes)
tone down	To make a television program, piece of writing, etc. less offensive and so more suitable for a family audience.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
Appendix:Snowclones/I'm here to X A and Y B, and I'm all out of A	Said before doing something, usually with a determined, resolute tone.	Rate it: (5.00 / 1 vote)
one-note	Having only one opinion, outlook, tone, etc., especially as expressed repetitively; without variety or range.	Rate it: (5.00 / 1 vote)
hide one's light under a bushel	For a person to keep some talent or skill hidden from other people. The tone is that a person having a talent which they can be proud of ought not hide it.	Rate it: (4.00 / 5 votes)
Come Again	To ask someone to repeat something, as words or tone delivered earlier were not clear enough	Rate it: (1.00 / 1 vote)
dress down	1) Wear casual or work clothing, informal clothes: 2) Speak To Someone In a Desultory Tone, A Commanding, Analytical, Superior, Critiquing Manner; . . . . . {Tell Someone 'OFF' }	Rate it: (1.00 / 1 vote)
pitch-perfect	Utterly suitable and flawless with respect to tone, expression, appearance, or other major experienceable characteristics.	Rate it: (1.00 / 1 vote)
regios spiritus sibi sumere	to assume a despotic tone.	Rate it: (1.00 / 1 vote)
ad praecipiendi rationem delābi (Q. Fr. 1. 1. 6. 18)	to adopt a didactic tone.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
Appendix:Snowclones/with great X, comes great Y	States a causation in which Y follows X. Often, this phrase is used in a solemn tone, employed sarcastically for minor things that are not nearly as serious as suggested.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
c'est l'air qui fait la chanson	Words depend much on the tone in which they are spoken; It is not so much what you say as the way in which you say it.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
clear as a bell	totally clear: distinct and unmistakeable, as a bell's tone is clearly heard	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
exsurgere altius or incitatius ferri	to take a higher tone (especially of poets and orators).	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
take a turn	Change in direction, tone, or tendency.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)