A: Robert needs to take it down a notch with the flirting because he is married. B: He should n...
A: Robert needs to take it down a notch with the flirting because he is married. B: He should not flirt with anyone.
Husband: Maybe we should try and tone it down a notch. The neighbors changed the name of their Wi-Fi to "I can hear you fighting". Wife: I agree. Let's not fight anymore.
He flirts with other girls when his girlfriend is abroad. I thought he got his act together, but he didn't.
My little brother is a college graduate now but still buries himself in video games every day. He should grow up. In fact, he should grow out of video games.
He's an adult now, and I assume he's more mature now?
In retirement, Robert is trying to pare down and rein in.
We should rein in our spending and stop borrowing money from our relatives.
A: My new boss was constantly on my case, so I told him to back down. B: You shouldn't have done that. He's your boss.
[1] take it down a notch tone it down (a notch)[2] get his act together clean up your act[3] grow up[4] mature[5] grow out of some habit[6] rein in[7] back down
This is a chain of problems. Burning oil leads to increase in carbon dioxide, which leads to the greenhouse effect, which leads to mlting of glaciers, which leads to rising sea levels.
