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soft-pedaling

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  • soft pedaling — v. play down, minimize, reduce importance, make less important; use the soft pedal in playing piano to reduce the volume of music n. pedal on a piano that reduces musical tones …   English contemporary dictionary

  • soft-pedal — soft pedals, soft pedalling, soft pedalled VERB If you soft pedal something, you deliberately reduce the amount of activity or pressure that you have been using to get something done or seen. [V n] He refused to soft pedal an investigation into… …   English dictionary

  • soft-pedal — [sôft′ped΄ l, säft′ped΄ l] vt. soft pedaled or soft pedalled, soft pedaling or soft pedalling 1. to soften or dampen the tone of (a musical instrument) by use of a special pedal 2. Informal to make less emphatic, less obtrusive, less conspicuous …   English World dictionary

  • soft-pedal — past tense and past participle soft pedalled present participle soft pedalling BrE past tense and past participle soft pedaled present participle soft pedaling AmE v [T] informal to make something seem less important or less urgent than it really …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • soft-pedal — /sawft ped l, soft /, v., soft pedaled, soft pedaling or (esp. Brit.) soft pedalled, soft pedalling. v.i. 1. to use the soft pedal. v.t. 2. to soften the sound of by using the soft pedal. 3. Informal. to tone or play down; make less strong, as an …   Universalium

  • soft-pedal — [c]/sɒft ˈpɛdl / (say soft pedl) verb (soft pedalled or, US, soft pedaled, soft pedalling or, US, soft pedaling) –verb (i) 1. to use the soft pedal. 2. Colloquial to make concessions or be conciliatory, as in criticism: *Eventually I ll ask him… …  

  • soft — adj., adv., & n. adj. 1 (of a substance, material, etc.) lacking hardness or firmness; yielding to pressure; easily cut. 2 (of cloth etc.) having a smooth surface or texture; not rough or coarse. 3 (of air etc.) mellow, mild, balmy; not… …   Useful english dictionary

  • Shimano Pedaling Dynamics — which fitted in a recess in the sole of a shoe designed for SPD use. The shoe could be also used for walking whereas previous systems had a large protruding cleat. Clipless pedals use a system of cleat retention which is quite similar to that of… …   Wikipedia

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  • BBC World Service — Infobox Network name = BBC Radio World Service country = United Kingdom network type = Radio network available = International owner = BBC key people = Nigel Chapman (Director) launch date = 19 December 1932 past names = website =… …   Wikipedia

  • David Horowitz — For other people named David Horowitz, see David Horowitz (disambiguation). David Horowitz Horowitz in February 2011. Born January 10, 1939 (1939 01 10) (age 72) …   Wikipedia

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