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play down

/ play down /
verb

Definitions & Examples

verb Sense 1
understate the importance or quality of
"he played down his royal ancestry"
Opposites:
foreground highlight spotlight play up
Type of:
stress emphasize emphasise
Kinds of:
wave off soft-pedal
Derived:
background
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Semantic Complexity
25%
Sense Count
1
Total Synonyms
0
Total Relationships
10
Times Searched
3
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Related Words

stress emphasize emphasise wave off soft-pedal foreground highlight spotlight play up