soft pedal something

tv. to play something down; to de-emphasize something. (Refers to the soft pedal on the piano.) Try to soft pedal the problems we have with the cooling system.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Edvard	ED-vahrd (Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish)	Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish, Slovene, Czech, Armenian
Eerika	E:-ree-kah	Finnish
Soledad	so-le-DHAHD	Spanish
Janele	jə-NEL	English (Rare)
Nia (3)	-	English
Ari (3)	-	Armenian