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play down

/pleɪ daʊn/

Translations

play downverb

played down

Past Simple

played down

Past Participle

playing down

Gerund

/pleɪ daʊn/

He tried to play down the significance of the event.

Он пытался преуменьшить значимость события.

Additional translations

снижать значимость

Synonyms

play downverb

To make something seem less important or less significant than it really is.

The company tried to play down the impact of the data breach to avoid panic among its customers.