A Phrasal Verb a Day

Something dumbs down To dumb something down the dumbing down of something = to make something simpler easier, or more appealing to a wide audience which reduces it's quality and makes it more stupid. "TV is dumbing down more and more these days with all these reality shows" "TV really dumbed down after the introduction of digital broadcasting" "Commercials cause the dumbing down of TV" Transcript here: http://teacherluke.wordpress.com/phrasal-verb-a-day/16-to-dumb-down/