set the tone

Verb

 * 1) Create the emotional quality to be expected for something.

Translations

 * Dutch: de toon aangeven, de toon zetten
 * Finnish: virittää tunnelma
 * French:
 * Italian: dare il diapason
 * Polish: nadawać ton, nadać ton
 * Russian: де́лать пого́ду
 * Swedish: sätta tonen,