SOFT-PEDAL


Meaning of SOFT-PEDAL in English

( soft-pedals, soft-pedalling, soft-pedalled)

Note: in AM, use 'soft-pedaling', 'soft-pedaled'

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.

He refused to soft-pedal an investigation into the scandal.

VERB : V n , also V on n

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