soft pedal something



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.
See also: pedal, soft

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Crispinus-Ancient Roman
RÓZsaRO-zhawHungarian
Tiberiu-Romanian
DustinDUS-tinEnglish
Frida-Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Ancient Germanic
MegaME-gahIndonesian