Play down

verb

Word Frequency: 0.4

Definitions

1.verbTo make or attempt to make something seem less important, likely, or obvious.

"During the wave of anti-immigrant sentiment, Miguel played down his immigrant status by removing Chicano patois from his speech and adopting the nickname "Mike.""

Synonyms

de-emphasize downplay background soft-pedal underplay play off deemphasize understate elevate mitigate gloss over diminutize

Antonyms

play up

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