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soft-pedal
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Verb
To attempt to persuade without being obvious about it, by understating a position so the listener takes the good points as obvious
To disregard as unimportant or insignificant
To make (pain or difficulty) less severe
To keep secret or cover the truth of
Noun
Piano pedal
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Verb
▲
To attempt to persuade without being obvious about it, by understating a position so the listener takes the good points as obvious
de-emphasize
downplay
play down
minimise
UK
minimize
US
moderate
underemphasize
underplay
understate
blue-pencil
euphemize
hush-hush
mitigate
palliate
shush
subdue
gloss over
tone down
go easy
make light of
make little of
make nothing of
shrug off
set little store by
set no store by
put on the soft pedal
mince words
lessen
diminish
soften
whitewash
underrate
undervalue
trivialize
US
devalue
trivialise
UK
talk down
deemphasize
extenuate
reduce
minify
brush aside
qualify
downgrade
underestimate
misprize
discount
deprecate
weaken
rationalize
US
hold back
sugarcoat
rationalise
UK
detract from
belittle
sell short
temper
cheapen
justify
brush something under the carpet
pooh-pooh
prettify
soften up
hold cheap
explain away
mince
gild the pill
candy-coat
sugarcoat the pill
cover up
minimalize
brush off
make light
take lightly
dumb down
attach little importance to
give little weight to
think nothing of
give a lower profile
decry
derogate
discredit
denigrate
depreciate
belie
defame
smooth over
gloze over
gloss
varnish
vilipend
knock
restrain
lower
rate too low
backbite
take away from
laugh at
detract
devaluate
decrease
subtract from
write off
blister
cut rate
undermine
disesteem
withdraw
dampen
dilute
not do justice to
do an injustice to
modulate
chill out
dismiss
disparage
undersell
underrepresent
underprice
put down
demean
deride
degrade
scorn
criticize
US
trash
vilify
slur
scoff at
malign
disregard
smear
laugh off
treat lightly
dispraise
marginalize
US
marginalise
UK
criticise
UK
take for granted
be wrong about
cry down
dump on
think too little of
take down a peg
demote
treat as unimportant
deflate
underprize
slight
be casual about
hold in contempt
think little of
fail to appreciate
set too little store by
misjudge
not do justice
underween
look down on
diss
dis
ridicule
slam
mock
pan
rubbish
slate
revile
condemn
abuse
bash
censure
asperse
roast
squash
scorch
rip
squelch
bad-mouth
run down
poor-mouth
trash-talk
drag through the mud
take a swipe at
shoot down
tear down
do a hatchet job on
take down
do down
sneer at
shoot full of holes
pour scorn on
take to pieces
slag off
poor mouth
sour grapes
pull apart
kiss off
cut down to size
hit out at
have a go at
cast aspersions on
pick holes in
cut to the quick
pooh pooh
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“It would do nothing about climate change and would embrace but
soft-pedal
and rebrand social conservatism.”
Verb
▲
To disregard as unimportant or insignificant
whitewash
overlook
disregard
discount
ignore
overpass
condone
forgive
excuse
downplay
remit
minimise
UK
minimize
US
pardon
pass over
gloss over
make light of
brush aside
de-emphasize
treat as unimportant
wink at
blink at
deal rapidly with
brush off
paper over
shrug off
gloze over
forget
take no notice of
turn a blind eye to
take no account of
pay no attention to
let go
let pass
neglect
slur over
not take into consideration
shut eyes to
close your eyes to
deliberately ignore
pay no heed to
look the other way
turn a deaf ear to
bypass
dismiss
reject
unheed
unmind
connive
omit
connive at
turn a blind eye
tune out
slight
miss
misheed
pooh-pooh
take no notice
be oblivious to
make allowances for
pay no mind to
leave be
let someone off with
pay no mind
write off
live with
not listen
set aside
let something ride
treat lightly
shake off
sweep under the carpet
varnish over
sweep under the rug
disbelieve
wink
discard
dissimulate
blank
contemn
skip
dispel
undersell
doubt
evade
exclude
avoid
play down
lay aside
take with a pinch of salt
give no credence to
let off easy
send to Coventry
leave out of account
brush away
turn a deaf ear
laugh off
cold-shoulder
let it go
turn your back on
turn deaf ear
not take into account
fail to notice
turn back on
push aside
look through
bury one's head in sand
dispense with
never mind
turn blind eye
spare
sink
bury
stomach
take
let something slide
put up with
grin and bear it
look past
let bygones be bygones
stand for
turn blind eye to
roll with punches
bear with
swim with the tide
go along with
wipe slate clean
play past
spurn
leave out
drop
forgo
repudiate
pass by
waive
snub
refuse
abandon
pay no attention
decline
put out of your mind
cut
leave well enough alone
put aside
leave alone
tolerate
miss out
pass up
turn down
give something a miss
put behind you
flout
renounce
overleap
pretermit
pass
eschew
elide
cast aside
let be
leave in peace
let alone
think no more of
blot out
stop thinking about
consign to oblivion
leave somebody to himself or herself
lose sight of
erase from your mind
get off someone's back
throw out
leave off
scoff at
blank over
shut out
cut out
skip over
fail
desert
forsake
shirk
deny
rebuff
discharge
veto
forget about
disdain
disapprove
leave something undone
sweep aside
not attend to
be lax about
nix
reprobate
deselect
suppress
fail to look after
pay little attention to
be remiss about
negative
be derelict
be indifferent
be careless
be remiss
have done with
wave aside
abstain from
do without
block out
cease to remember
erase from memory
steer clear of
balk at
say no to
pretend not to notice
leave somebody to his/her own devices
blank out
refuse to acknowledge
put in the past
fail to include
dismiss from mind
cease to think of
pay no heed
take out
not buy
not worry about
banish from one's thoughts
not give another thought to
take lightly
have no use for
enable
sneeze at
grandfather
chop
delete
withgo
leave
palliate
erase
leave to yourself
indulge
take no heed of
avoid considering
not dwell on
deodorise
UK
deodorize
US
override
disqualify
not hear of
turn away
throw over
except
let off
bury the hatchet
give absolution
suspend charges
grant a pardon to
grant amnesty
leave behind
trample on
pour cold water on
treat with contempt
close your eyes
throw cold water on
be oblivious
plead ignorance
cancel
go away
get off someone's case
defer
put to one side
not choose
not take
underestimate
scant
depreciate
postpone
procrastinate
ride roughshod over
preclude
banish
close one's mind to
eliminate
bar
shelve
fast forward
skim over
skimp on
cross out
rule out
shut the door on
withhold
prohibit
not care for
think little of
procrastinate over
scout
relegate
despise
overshoot
shut one's eyes to
close one's eyes to
not care
fail to care for
have nothing to do with
throw to the winds
keep your distance
be remiss in
trifle with
be irresponsible
keep at arm's length
be negligent
fail to provide for
not trouble oneself
fail to see
fail to spot
fail to observe
let slip
reckon without
not bother
count out
fail to mention
factor out
kiss off
put away
fail to anticipate
fail to take account of
knock back
shun
belittle
laugh away
trivialize
US
relinquish
trivialise
UK
repress
throw away
pass on
not heed
repress one's memory of
withhold from
desist from
refrain from
give the thumbs down to
baulk at
shy from
not accept
not take advantage of
cock a snook at
have no time for
fail to remember
not remember
lose track of
render needless
more ❯
Verb
▲
To make (pain or difficulty) less severe
alleviate
soothe
allay
assuage
diminish
dull
ease
mitigate
moderate
mollify
reduce
relieve
soften
blunt
palliate
quell
abate
attenuate
deaden
lessen
lighten
smooth
weaken
check
control
damp
help
quieten
still
subdue
temper
ameliorate
dilute
lull
modify
pacify
quench
quiet
slacken
address
extenuate
improve
placate
slake
sweeten
tone down
take the bite out
take the edge off
take the sting out
pour oil on
calm
cool
curb
restrain
decrease
dampen
stifle
cushion
tranquilize
US
tranquillise
UK
repress
lower
suppress
ebb
smother
appease
de-escalate
relax
ease off
tame
wind down
damp down
put the lid on
compose
mute
curtail
depress
cut
minimize
US
minimise
UK
modulate
comfort
qualify
propitiate
silence
gentle
conciliate
disarm
make less intense
put damper on
put a damper on
settle down
mellow
stroke
make peace with
calm down
make peace
keep in check
depreciate
adjust
take the bite out of
take the sting out of
make reasonable
regulate
restrict
constrain
hold in
settle
mince
break
play down
cool out
keep under control
temperate
meet halfway
dwindle
wane
decline
subside
recede
fall
shrink
fade
smooth over
impose peace upon
deconflict
restore harmony to
fix up
butter up
bury the hatchet
kiss and make up
content
smooth someone's ruffled feathers
lay back
grease
dulcify
clear the air with
pacificate
taper
drop
relent
remit
salve
becalm
pall
lullaby
plummet
hush
contract
flag
nosedive
drain
balm
erode
impair
close
reassure
blur
thin
minify
desist
clip
drop off
contain
bridle
taper off
let up
fall away
peter out
quiet down
chill out
tail off
die down
phase down
drain away
die out
die away
ratchet down
go down
grow less
waste away
drop away
reconcile
grow smaller
become smaller
get less
die off
slow down
cheer
cut back
humour
UK
satisfy
roll back
come down
please
slack up
muffle
hold back
put a lid on
humor
US
quieten down
play up to
win over
square off
pour oil on troubled waters
make up
sink
fall off
slump
plunge
disappear
fade away
melt away
dip
evaporate
wither
vanish
deteriorate
downsize
crash
come to an end
dive
tumble
decrement
slack off
descend
go downhill
ease up
lenify
slacken off
deplete
downscale
droop
wear away
undermine
stop
decay
trail off
fail
waste
become less
dissipate
cool off
numb
limit
dissolve
degenerate
trail
take a nosedive
wear down
dry up
dim
fizzle out
crumble
wear off
shrivel
dent
die
slow
slack
benumb
dispel
cease
run low
devaluate
cut down
extinguish
knock down
run out
sap
languish
quash
crater
rachet down
skid
fall steeply
sate
loosen
fall sharply
grow faint
give out
go away
cauterize
US
fade out
constrict
hit the floor
overcome
cauterise
UK
drop rapidly
squelch
go into a tailspin
regress
banish
destroy
sag
bate
slide
wilt
disperse
make less
grow dim
come to nothing
become weaker
trail away
degrade
go through the floor
get lower
enervate
debilitate
narrow
rebate
take a dive
come to a halt
let up on
enfeeble
disable
deflate
vitiate
water down
release
cripple
lose edge
narrow down
lapse
disempower
melt
terminate
collapse
tail away
go
subjugate
decelerate
decimate
downturn
heal
slope
retrench
commute
obtund
rise above
finish
cut off
choke off
disintegrate
loose
get rid of
buffer
pare down
make weaker
defuse
dump
put an end to
put out a fire
throw cold water on
anesthetize
US
end
cure
clear
succor
US
do damage control
become weak
take a header
pour cold water on
dampen down
scale down
make smaller
succour
UK
cave in
turn down
break down
become lower
break up
come to a stop
be reduced
level off
get smaller
take the heat off
slash
shorten
prune
chill
abase
atrophy
revise
discount
satiate
grow weaker
falter
diffuse
inhibit
rein
pipe down
lose strength
lose intensity
untighten
peter
gutter
disengage
minimalize
paralyze
US
paralyse
UK
gratify
retrograde
minish
faint
abbreviate
fall through
mask
lose ground
slip
fix
excuse
drop down
anaesthetize
UK
run dry
muddy up
retire
resolve
desensitize
US
fizzle
fall short
unlax
be used up
reduce the force of
go downwards
kill
become less intense
devitalize
etiolate
refresh
relaxed
die away or out
die away or down
straiten
pass
offset
gruntle
close out
lose its effect
lose its effectiveness
infrigidate
freeze
freshen
ally
frost
ebb away
smooth down
anaesthetise
UK
scale back
lag
take sting out
patch things up
blow over
emaciate
step down
tire
subvert
stabilize
US
relapse
wither away
thin out
hebetate
be gone
totter
withdraw
devalue
clear up
be no more
lose
liberalize
US
liberalise
UK
desensitise
UK
cool it
dismiss
phase out
make narrower
wreck
prostrate
ruin
thin down
drag
backslide
cheapen
buckle
eliminate
treat
wizen
take pressure off
flop
neutralize
US
sink into oblivion
be forgotten
disappear slowly
pass away
bow out
neutralise
UK
stabilise
UK
become listless
feel weak
lose energy
feel faint
nurse
make less strict
make less formal
ease up on
drive away
chase away
put to rest
drive off
get narrower
become narrower
lay off
lose value
lessen the impact of
soften the impact of
reduce the impact of
smooth out
clear the air
attend
fold up
decrease in value
decline in price
hit the dirt
tip over
eat away
rob from
remedy
nourish
doctor
weather
be precipitated
brighten
scatter
nibble
rot
fret
counteract
pale
punctuate
console
vary
solace
rehabilitate
make better
liss
interrupt
bite
lose significance
decrease in importance
pale into insignificance
prevent
aid
assist
bring respite to
lose lustre
grow dull
bring an end to
take a load off
bring aid to
make something bearable
bring aid
take load off
chip away at
eat away at
do a number on
take its toll
bite at
gnaw away at
become less dense
become less in number
become less numerous
clear out
more ❯
Verb
▲
To keep secret or cover the truth of
camouflage
dissemble
obscure
suppress
cloak
disguise
dissimulate
downplay
falsify
minimise
UK
minimize
US
misrepresent
varnish
veil
veneer
whitewash
airbrush
bluff
extenuate
feign
mask
masquerade
screen
secrete
simulate
sugarcoat
affect
conceal
fake
hide
sham
keep secret
keep quiet about
cover up
dress up
hush up
keep a lid on
keep dark
be dishonest about
de-emphasize
draw a veil over
put on an act
put up a front
put up a smoke screen
put on a false front
put on a front
sweep under the carpet
sweep under the rug
cover
pretend
counterfeit
act
pose
palliate
posture
deceive
lie
make out
paper over
let on
hide one's feelings
be dishonest
pull a veil over
beard
make a pretense
present a false face
present a false front
make a show
make-believe
make believe
go through the motions
varnish over
gloss over
assume
profess
mislead
stonewall
shroud
doublespeak
pussyfoot
put on
pass for
play-act
pass off as
shuck and jive
four-flush
make like
double-talk
play possum
imitate
fabricate
give the appearance of
make a pretence of
put it on
playact
make a show of
play
impersonate
go through the motions of
kid
contrive
ape
mimic
concoct
front
play at
do a bit
make out like
do
reproduce
cheat
invent
adopt
purport
stage
malinger
act like
devise
spoof
do like
scheme
act out
construct
orchestrate
manufacture
put on airs
fake it
make as if
aspire to
lay it on thick
claim
hoax
mock
ditto
design
strike
pull
delude
portray
mimeo
defraud
ham
posture as
seem to be
take on
profess to have
pretend to have
swing the lead
put up a front of
go like
pretend to be
make up
forge
assume the role
ham it up
mess
pass off
pass oneself off as
claim falsely
fake out
be deceitful
be hypocritical
phony up
give appearance of
put on act
make show of
put on a false display
copy
mirror
parrot
prevaricate
equivocate
phony
US
pirate
resemble
feature
suggest
create
exaggerate
phoney
UK
knock off
take off
conjure up
do a take-off
mock up
more ❯
Noun
▲
Piano pedal
damper pedal
forte pedal
loud pedal
soft pedal
sustaining pedal
sustain pedal
una corda pedal
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