В ТОН
PrepPInvar 1. - (чему) (the resulting PrepP is adv
in consonance, agreement with: (be) in tune (harmony, unison) with
go right along with.
2. \Т-153 (чему) ( usu. subj-compl with copula ( subj: concr) or modif l of the same color or a different but compatible shade of the same color
X был в тон Y-y = X matched Y
X went well with Y (X and Y went well together)
всё было в тон ' everything matched
Neg X был не в тон Y-y - X clashed with Y
(when used as a modif ) a matching sth.
sth. to match (
sth. else)
sth. that matches (
sth. else)
sth. that goes well with
sth. else
Neg sth. that clashes with sth. else.
3. \Т-153 чему. Also: ПОД ТОН ( subj-compl with copula ( subj: concr), modif , or adv
in the style, manner, spirit of sth. : in tune (keeping, harmony) with
in the spirit of.
4. \Т-153 кому сказать, ответить и т. п.
adv (to say sth. , answer etc) in the same spirit, manner (as another, usu. one's interlocutor)
in the same fashion
in the same tonematch(ing)
s.o. tone.