soft-pedalling

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• 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-ped|al — soft pedal, a pedal for softening the tone of a piano. soft ped|al «SFT PEHD uhl, SOFT », verb, aled, al|ing or (especially British) alled, al|ling. –v.t. 1. to soften the sound of by means of the soft pedal …   Useful english 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-pedal — UK / US verb [transitive] Word forms soft pedal : present tense I/you/we/they soft pedal he/she/it soft pedals present participle soft pedalling past tense soft pedalled past participle soft pedalled to make something seem less important or less… …   English dictionary

• 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

• Richard Greenblatt (playwright) — See Richard Greenblatt for other people of the same name. Richard Greenblatt (born 1953 in Montreal, Quebec) is a Canadian playwright who currently lives in Toronto. He is best known for 2 Pianos, 4 Hands , which he wrote and performed with Ted… …   Wikipedia

• Bicycle suspension — refers to the system or systems used to suspend the rider and all or part of the bicycle in order to protect them from the roughness of the terrain over which they travel. Bicycle suspension are used primarily on mountain bicycles, but are also… …   Wikipedia

• pedal — 1 noun (C) 1 one of the two parts of a bicycle that you push round with your feet to make the bicycle go forward 2 a part in a car or on a machine that you press with your foot to control it: the accelerator pedal 3 a part on a piano or organ… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English