damp sth down
— phrasal verb with damp uk/dæmp/us/dæmp/verb
(FIRE)
to make a fire burn more slowly:
Water was pumped from a nearby lake in an attempt to damp down the flames.
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Stopping fires
- beat
- beat sth out
- blow
- blow (sth) out
- damp
- douse
- extinguish
- go
- go out
- gutter
- quench
- smother
- snuff
- snuff sth out
- sprinkler
- sprinkler system
(FEELING)
to make a strong feeling be felt less strongly:
He had tried to damp down speculation about the state of his marriage.
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Becoming and making smaller or less
- a nip (here) and a tuck (there) idiom
- attenuate
- axe
- bite
- bite into sth
- dive
- drain
- let sth down
- let up
- lower
- make a hole in sth idiom
- miniaturization
- minimize
- shrink
- slash
- step sth down
- strip sth away
- stripped down
- subside
- tail off
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