sober+down
21down to earth — (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. realistic, sensible, no nonsense, reasonable, practical, sober, plainspoken, pragmatic, earthy, levelheaded, matter of fact, *real, natural, true. ANT.: unrealistic, fantastic, impractical, pretentious …
22slow down — Synonyms and related words: abate, allay, alleviate, arrest, assuage, attemper, backpedal, backwater, bank the fire, block, blunt, bog down, boycott, brake, bridle, chasten, check, clip the wings, confine, constrain, contain, control, cool, cool… …
23tune down — Synonyms and related words: 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 …
24play down — Synonyms and related words: abate, allay, alleviate, assuage, attemper, bank the fire, bedwarf, belittle, blunt, chasten, constrain, control, damp, dampen, de emphasize, deaden, deprecate, depreciate, detract from, diminish, downplay, dull, dwarf …
25tone down — Synonyms and related words: abate, achromatize, allay, alleviate, assuage, atone, attemper, attune, baffle, bank the fire, blanch, bleach, blunt, chasten, chord, constrain, control, cushion, damp, dampen, de emphasize, deaden, deafen, decolor,… …
26settle down — Synonyms and related words: alight, anchor, attain majority, be conservative, be moderate, be pacifistic, billet at, bivouac, bloom, burrow, camp, cave, cave in, colonize, come down, come in, come of age, come to anchor, come to maturity, crash… …
27simmer down — Synonyms and related words: calm down, collect, collect oneself, compose oneself, control, cool, cool it, cool off, get organized, quiet down, rein, relax, repress, restrain, smother, sober down, subside, suppress, take it easy, unwind …
28All Shook Down — Infobox Album | Name = All Shook Down Type = Album Artist = The Replacements Released = September 1990 Recorded = 1990 Genre = Pop rock Length = 40:59 (original) 1:15:31 (reissue) Label = Sire Producer = Scott Litt Reviews = * Allmusic… …
29let down — fail to do as well as expected, disappoint He let down his parents when he failed the university entrance exams. (from Idioms in Speech) (smb) to fail a person in a time of need But Lilly, he warned with sober clarity. Don t let me down. (M.… …
30tone down — [v] moderate chill out*, cloud, dampen, darken, deepen, dim, mitigate, modulate, play down, reduce, restrain, shade, sober, soften, soft pedal*, subdue, temper; concept 240 Ant. aggravate, increase, raise …
