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    [Verb]  | "soft-ped*al" | \ ˈsȯf(t)-ˈpe-dᵊl \


    1: play down, de-emphasize

    2: to use the soft pedal in playing


    Origin: 1912 ;

    [Noun]  | "soft pedal" 


    1: a foot pedal on a piano that reduces the volume of sound

    2: something that muffles, deadens, or reduces effect


    Origin: 1817 ;

    [Noun]  | "soft pedal" 


    1: as in muffler, softener;


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    [Verb]  | "soft-pedal" 


    1: to reduce in apparent importance;


      * e.g., " ... she politely tries to soft-pedal her accomplishments when talking to less fortunate people "



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