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1 soft-pedal
tr[sɒft'pedəl]transitive verb (pt & pp soft-pedalled (|us| soft-pedaled), ger soft-pedalling (|us| soft-pedaling))1 familiar minimizar la importancia de, restar importancia a'sɔːft'pedḷ, ˌsɒft'pedḷ
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BrE - ll- transitive verb (journ) \<\<subject/issue\>\> restarle importancia a, minimizar*
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soft-pedal-pedal vi (journ) tratar de no llamar la atención['sɒft'pedl]VT (esp US) (fig) minimizar la importancia de* * *['sɔːft'pedḷ, ˌsɒft'pedḷ]
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BrE - ll- transitive verb (journ) \<\<subject/issue\>\> restarle importancia a, minimizar*
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soft-pedal-pedal vi (journ) tratar de no llamar la atención
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