soft-pedal

soft-pedal something

to play something down; to de-emphasize something. (Alludes to the soft pedal on the piano, which reduces the volume.) Try to soft-pedal the problems we have with the cooling system. I won't soft-pedal anything. Everyone must know the truth.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Touthmosis	-	Ancient Egyptian (Hellenized)
Umeko	oo-me-ko	Japanese
Abidan	ə-BIE-dən (English), AB-i-dan (English)	Biblical, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek
Jadran	-	Croatian, Serbian, Slovene
'El'azar	-	Biblical Hebrew
Georgia	['dʒɔ:dʒjə]