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12 entries under underplay topic. ×
| hold back(expression, soften, belittle, minimize) | |
| make little of(expression, idiom, soften, belittle, minimize) | |
| play down(verb, expression, restrain, moderate, pretend) | |
| soften(restrain, moderate, lessen, belittle, minimize) | |
| gloss over(expression, soften, belittle, minimize) | |
| belittle(soften, minimize) | |
| minimize(restrain, moderate, soften, belittle) | |
| mute(soften, belittle, minimize) | |
| restrain(moderate, soften, belittle, minimize) | |
| soft-pedal(soften, belittle, minimize) | |
| underestimate | |
| underrate(soften, belittle, minimize) |
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