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keep within bounds
3
pour water on
3
reduce the temperature
3
shimmer with heat
3
shut down on
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tone down(verb, phrasal verb, dull, quiet)
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beat down(verb, restrain, crush, curb)
2
bottle up(verb, control, close, check)
2
choke back(verb, stop, restrain, curb)
2
damp down(verb, phrasal verb)
2
hold in(verb, calm, control, order)
2
keep in(verb, restrain, crush, block)
2
shut down(restrain, curb, restrict, silence)
2
tune down(verb, calm, order, quiet)
1
London fog(noun, gloom, cloud, smoke)
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be asphyxiated
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blot out(verb, destroy, kill, shoot)
1
bring to naught(verb, idiom, restrain, crush)
1
bring to screeching halt(verb, idiom, stop, restrain)
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bump off(verb, destroy, kill, shoot)
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