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ratchet down
verb
Synonyms and Antonyms of RATCHET
to grow less in scope or intensity especially gradually <news stories about the kidnapping will ratchet down as the weeks go by>
Synonyms abate, decline, de-escalate, die (away or down or out), diminish, drain (away), drop (off), dwindle, ease, ebb, fall, fall away, lessen, let up, lower, moderate, pall, phase down, ratchet (down) also rachet (down), recede, relent, remit, shrink, subside, taper, taper off, wane
Variants of RATCHET
ratchet down also rachet down
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