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to dumb down
01
to simplify or reduce the intellectual content of something in order to make it more accessible or appealing to a wider audience
Grammatical Information
Composition
phrasal
Action verb
Regular
Separable
Particle
down
Base verb
dumb
Present tense
dumb down
3rd person singular
dumbs down
Present participle
dumbing down
Past simple
dumbed down
Past participle
dumbed down
Examples
The teacher decided to dumb down the lesson so that all students could grasp the concepts.
