Definition of soft-pedal Soft-pedal

soft•ped•al

We found 3 definitions of soft-pedal from 2 different sources.

What does soft-pedal mean?

Verb
soft-pedal - play down or obscure; "His advisers soft-pedaled the president's blunder"
		background, play down, downplay understate the importance or quality of; "he played down his royal ancestry"

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soft-pedal (Verb)
To attempt to persuade without being obvious about it, by understating a position so the listener takes the good points as obvious.
soft-pedal (Verb)
To tone down , damp, mute or obscure something; to proceed in a less forceful, circumspect or subdued manner.