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soft-pedalverb to reduce in apparent importanceshe politely tries to soft-pedal her accomplishments when talking to less fortunate people de-emphasize, downplay, play down underplay, understatebad-mouth, belittle, cry down, decry, denigrate, deprecate, depreciate, derogate, dismiss, disparage, kiss off, minimize, poor-mouth, put down, run down, talk down, trash, trash-talk exaggerate, overdo, overdraw, overstateelaborate, embellish, embroider, magnify, pad, stretchfudge, hedgemelodramatize, overemphasize, overplay, sensationalize in 1817 |