soften up
ruin
disincline
go off
underdo
bring out
back off
cool
underplay
shrinking
set one's face against
cut bait
delegitimize
lessen
shut the door on
unperk
sophisticate
loosen up
opt out
lowen
go off the boil
stoop
lighten up
jib
lump it
subordinate
take a back seat
degrade
set against
reaction
rope into
lower one's sights
underconform
decondition
decapacitate
antivolition
deaden
hold against
underindulge
humiliate
lower one's guard
scorn
play down
deglamorize
slacken off
settle for
cast down
calm down
take the bitter with the sweet
demotivate
desimplify
underwork
keep back
blow this pop stand
decivilize
pass
undercommit
lowering
dampen
pass on
cool down
lighten
get over oneself
take the wind out of someone's sails
relax
throw a sprat to catch a mackerel
punk out
more is more
deperson
close up
detheocratize
melt
downplay
lash oneself to the mast
incapacitate
throw something in someone's face
sink
stubborn up
hit the rocks
smarten up
cut one's cloth to suit one's purse
abase
enervate
underachieve
sell down
wear
humble
get up to
moderate
stand pat
defuse
underrecognize
undersave
low-mindedly
downlevel
let down