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English verb: soft-pedal | |||
| 1. | soft-pedal (communication) play down or obscure | ||
| Samples | His advisers soft-pedaled the president's blunder. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | background, downplay, play down | ||
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