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Soft-pedal
soft-pedal
(soft-pedals, soft-pedalling, soft-pedalled) Note: in AM, use 'soft-pedaling', 'soft-pedaled' If you soft-pedal something, you deliberately reduce the amount of activity or pressure that you have been using to get something done or seen. He refused to soft-pedal an investigation into the scandal. VERB: V n, also V on n
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noun Date: 1854 1. a foot pedal on a piano that reduces the volume of sound 2. something that muffles, deadens, or reduces effect ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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~ v informal to make something seem less important or less urgent than it really is ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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