play down
understate the importance or quality of - he played down his royal ancestry • Syn: background, downplay • Ant: play up, foreground (for: background) • Derivationally related forms: background (for: background) • Hypernyms: stress, emphasize, emphasise, punctuate, accent, accentuate • Hyponyms: wave off, soft-pedal • Verb Frames: - Somebody ----s something - Something ----s something
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