Definition of play down Play down
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What does play down mean?
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| play down - understate the importance or quality of; "he played down his royal ancestry" | ||
| background, downplay | ||
| foreground, highlight, play up, spotlight move into the foreground to make more visible or prominent; "The introduction highlighted the speaker's distinguished career in linguistics" | ||
| accent, accentuate, emphasise, emphasize, punctuate, stress insert punctuation marks into | ||
| wave off dismiss as insignificant; "He waved off suggestions of impropriety" | ||
| soft-pedal play down or obscure; "His advisers soft-pedaled the president's blunder" | ||
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