played down

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Simple past tense and past participle of play down
play down
To make or attempt to make something seem less important, likely, or obvious

During the wave of anti-immigrant sentiment, Miguel played down his immigrant status by removing Chicano patois from his speech and adopting the nickname Mike..

play down
To minimize the significance of; downplay
play down
If you play down something, you try to make people believe that it is not particularly important. Western diplomats have played down the significance of the reports Both London and Dublin are playing the matter down. play up
play down
de-emphasize, make less important
play down
understate the importance or quality of; "he played down his royal ancestry"
played down

    Hyphenation

    played Down

    Turkish pronunciation

    pleyd daun

    Pronunciation

    /ˈplād ˈdoun/ /ˈpleɪd ˈdaʊn/
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