Try to soft-pedal the problems we have with the cooling system.
•I won't softpedal anything. Everyone must know the truth.
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
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. □ I won’t soft pedal anything. Everyone must know the truth … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
soft-pedal — soft pedals, soft pedalling, soft pedalled VERB If you soft pedal something, you deliberately reduce the amount of activity or pressure that you have been using to get something done or seen. [V n] He refused to soft pedal an investigation into… … English dictionary
soft-pedal — past tense and past participle soft pedalled present participle soft pedalling BrE past tense and past participle soft pedaled present participle soft pedaling AmE v [T] informal to make something seem less important or less urgent than it really … Dictionary of contemporary English
soft-pedal — verb transitive to make something seem less important or less unpleasant than it really is … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
soft-pedal — UK / US verb [transitive] Word forms soft pedal : present tense I/you/we/they soft pedal he/she/it soft pedals present participle soft pedalling past tense soft pedalled past participle soft pedalled to make something seem less important or less… … English dictionary
soft pedal — 1. Also called una corda pedal. a pedal, as on a piano, for reducing tonal volume. 2. Informal. something that restrains or dampens: to put a soft pedal on one s enthusiasm. [1920 25] * * * … Universalium
soft pedal — soft′ ped′al n. 1) mad a pedal, as on a piano, for reducing tonal volume 2) inf something that restrains or dampens Etymology: 1915–20 … From formal English to slang
soft-pedal — verb play down or obscure His advisers soft pedaled the president s blunder • Hypernyms: ↑background, ↑play down, ↑downplay • Verb Frames: Somebody s something Something s something … Useful english dictionary
soft pedal — noun Date: 1854 1. a foot pedal on a piano that reduces the volume of sound 2. something that muffles, deadens, or reduces effect … New Collegiate Dictionary
soft pedal — verb (T) informal to make something seem less important or less urgent than it really is … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
Soft — Business* Adventure Soft, UK based video game developer which was established in the 1980s by Mike Woodroffe * Cocktail Soft, Japanese H game manufacturer * Hudson Soft, Japanese publisher and developer * Illusion Soft, company from Yokohama,… … Wikipedia
