___ down (softening, as language)
Else clues• ___ down (muting)
• Adding shading
• Body shaping
• Doing some bodybuilding refinement
• Firming up
• Firming, as muscles
• Gym activity
• Gym activity, with up
• Lifting and running
• Moderating, with down
• Strengthening, with up
• Subduing, with 'down'
• Toughening (up)
• Working with weights, perhaps