DOWNPLAY


Meaning of DOWNPLAY in English

down ‧ play /ˌdaʊnˈpleɪ $ ˈdaʊnpleɪ/ BrE AmE verb [transitive]

to make something seem less important than it really is SYN play down :

White House officials attempted to downplay the President’s role in the affair.

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.      Longman - Словарь современного английского языка.