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soft-pedalsverbpresent tense third-person singular of soft-pedal to reduce in apparent importanceshe politely tries to soft-pedal her accomplishments when talking to less fortunate people de-emphasizes, downplays, plays down underplays, understatesbad-mouths, belittles, cries down, decries, denigrates, deprecates, depreciates, derogates, dismisses, disparages, kisses off, minimizes, poor-mouths, puts down, runs down, talks down, trashes, trash-talks exaggerates, overdoes, overdraws, overstateselaborates, embellishes, embroiders, magnifies, pads, stretchesfudges, hedgesmelodramatizes, overemphasizes, overplays, sensationalizes |