Played down and Straight

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Straight and played down are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Straight" instead an adjective phrase "Played down".

Straight adjective - Free from irregularities or digressions in course.

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Played down and straight are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Played down" instead an adjective "Straight".

Neither Control nor Smiley uses the pieces on a chess board, and the symbolism of each piece is debatable, in contrast to the more straight-forward symbolism of the codenames (Tinker = Alleline, Tailor = Hayden, &c) which is played down in contrast to the book and miniseries.

Source: The Chessmaster / Examples Using Chess Metaphors

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