Definitions for soft-pedal

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soft-pedal soft-ped·al

Spelling: [sawft-ped-l, soft-]

IPA: /ˌsɔftˈpɛd l, ˌsɒft-/

Soft-Pedal is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 7 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 7 points.

You can make 643 anagrams from letters in soft-pedal (-adeflopst).

Definitions for soft-pedal

noun

1. Also called una corda pedal. a pedal, as on a piano, for reducing tonal volume.
2. Informal. something that restrains or dampens:

verb (used with object)

1. to soften the sound of by using the soft pedal.
2. Informal. to tone or play down; make less strong, as an idea or fact:

verb (used without object)

1. to use the soft pedal.

Origin of soft-pedal

First recorded in 1915-20; v. use of noun phrase soft pedal

Examples for soft-pedal

And when the AHA is reintroduced in parliament, as it inevitably will be, he can soft-pedal.

It would do nothing about climate change and would embrace but soft-pedal and rebrand social conservatism.

Even when the crowd turned loud and nasty on certain foreign-policy points, Paul refused to soft-pedal his anti-interventionism.

There had been rumors of trouble back on Earth, persistent rumors he had taken care to soft-pedal, as mayor of the colony.