soft-pedal

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Noun soft-pedal has 1 sense

soft pedal - a pedal on a piano that moves the action closer to the strings and so soften the sound
--₁ is a kind of pedal, treadle, foot pedal, foot lever
--₁ is a part of piano, pianoforte, forte-piano

Verb soft-pedal has 1 sense

soft-pedal - play down or obscure; "His advisers soft-pedaled the president's blunder"
--₁ is one way to background, play down, downplay
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