play down

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verb

understate the importance or quality of
- he played down his royal ancestry
• Syn:
background, downplay
• Ant:
play up, foreground (for: background)
• Derivationally related forms:
background (for: background)
• Hypernyms:
stress, emphasize, emphasise, punctuate, accent, accentuate
• Hyponyms:
wave off, soft-pedal
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something