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soft-ped·al
 soft-pedal
- pronunciation:
- sawft
pe
d
 l
- parts of speech:
- intransitive verb, transitive verb
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intransitive verb |
| inflections: |
soft-pedaled, soft-pedaling, soft-pedals |
| definition: |
to use the pedal on a piano that mutes the tone.
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| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| definition 1: |
(informal) to purposely underplay the significance of; fail to emphasize.
They soft-pedaled their criticism.- antonyms:
- emphasize, exaggerate
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| definition 2: |
to tone down or soften with the soft pedal on a piano.
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| related words: |
gloss, lower, relax, temper |
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