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soft-pedal::verb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | background, downplay, play down |
His advisers soft-pedaled the president's blunder.
Examples of soft-pedal
soft-pedal
Dan Cathy does not strike me as the man to soft pedal the issues he believes in.
From the forbes.com
Pretend they're fictional, if need be, but never, ever soft-pedal their vices.
From the guardian.co.uk
Either there is a perfectly wild noise or else a whisper with the soft pedal down.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Sometimes we soft-pedal things that other generations thought were important.
From the ideas.time.com
Yet I doubt that if he would soft-pedal his message, anyone would be listening to him.
From the denverpost.com
Children, of course, are the reason why many women stop work or soft pedal for a while.
From the telegraph.co.uk
Furthermore, HarperCollins intends to soft-pedal the spiritual subtext of the Chronicles.
From the theatlantic.com
The soft pedal is depressed throughout-otherwise some of the sounds would be different.
From the en.wikipedia.org
I'm not trying to soft-pedal the very real pathologies of the modern conservative movement.
From the economist.com
