Play down synonyms | phrases

Phrases with similar meaning for Play down

• soft-pedal

  pretend as if something were unimportant
• de-emphasize
• pooh-pooh
• poor-mouth
• treat lightly
• sell short
• be wrong about
• put to shame
• bring low
• cut down to size
• make ashamed
• put out of countenance
• take down a peg
• meet halfway
• treat with contempt
• cut rate
• be mean
• pooh pooh
• poor mouth
• bad-mouth
• trash-talk
• put it mildly
• brush under the carpet
• treat as unimportant
• hold cheap
• soft pedal
• under estimate
• toned down
• poor-mouthed
• go easy
• blue pencil
• cut-rate
• blue-pencil
• cast-down
• blue-penciled
• shot-down
• put on the soft pedal
• be modest
• give a lower profile
• tell truth
• hush-hush
• shrug something off
• water something down
• rate too low