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| downplay(verb, moderate, minimize) | |
| think nothing of(expression, idiom, moderate, lessen) | |
| make light of(expression, idiom, moderate, lessen) | |
| play down(verb, expression, moderate, pretend) | |
| soften(moderate, lessen, belittle, minimize) | |
| attach little importance to(expression, idiom, moderate, lessen) | |
| give little weight to(expression, idiom, moderate, lessen) | |
| devalue(moderate, lessen) | |
| give a lower profile(expression, idiom, moderate) | |
| lessen | |
| minimize(moderate, soften, belittle, underplay) | |
| moderate | |
| modulate | |
| talk down(expression, moderate) | |
| tone down(expression, moderate) | |
| whitewash(moderate, lessen) |
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