lower (one's) voice
lower (one's) voice
To speak in a hushed town or at a lower volume. Could everyone please lower their voices? The children are sleeping right above us upstairs. I lowered my voice as I entered the chapel.
See also: lower, voice
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
lower one's voice
Fig. to speak more softly. Please lower your voice or you'll disturb the people who are working. He wouldn't lower his voice, so everyone heard what he said.
See also: lower, voice
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
- lower voice
- bid (something) down
- bid down
- bidding
- bargain (someone or something) down
- bargain down
- the great unwashed
- unwashed
- Great Unwashed
- great unwashed, the