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soft-pedal, v.
(soft-pedaled, soft-pedaling, soft-pedalled, soft-pedalling, soft-pedals)
more info play down or obscure
<verb.communication>

soft-pedal

sample sentences

"His advisers soft-pedaled the president's blunder"

verb frames

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
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background, play down, downplay