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play down

VERB
  1. understate the importance or quality of
    he played down his royal ancestry

How To Use play down In A Sentence

  • She was inclined to play down the importance of her own role in the affair.
  • The government sought to play down the extent of the problem.
  • All the stories are datelined in Moscow, and Duranty goes to some lengths to play down the crisis.
  • Regardless shouldn't play down chronic lack of sleep.
  • It's a well-tried tactic to play down public expectations in advance of a superpower summit.
  • He needs ball winners of the quality of Keano to allow him to play down the right.
  • The pub also has a cricket team who play down the road and spill out on to the green afterwards. Times, Sunday Times
  • Is play down house property holding tax to confuse right and wrong?
  • Nash again victimized his former team with 39 points, 12 assists, nine rebounds and every big play down the stretch as the Phoenix Suns reached the Western Conference finals for the first time in 12 years with a 130-126 overtime victory. USATODAY.com
  • Play down lips and keep skin lightly bronzed. Times, Sunday Times
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