tone

/təʊn/ verb [T] ( also tone up)

Translation

› to make your muscles or skin firmer and stronger

kaslarını güçlendirmek/sıkılaştırmak

Try these exercises to tone up your stomach muscles.222

tone sth down phrasal verb

› to make a piece of writing, a speech, etc less offensive or rude

yumuşatmak, hafifletmek

The show was toned down for television.1920

(Definition of tone verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

to do something that spoils someone's plans

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