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Meaning of SOFT-PEDAL

Pronunciation:  `soft'pedl

 
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 Definition: 
  1. [n]  a pedal on a piano that moves the action closer to the strings and so soften the sound
  2. [v]  play down or obscure; "His advisers soft-pedaled the president's blunder"
 

SOFT-PEDAL is a 10 letter word that starts with S.

 

 See Also: background, downplay, foot lever, foot pedal, forte-piano, pedal, piano, pianoforte, play down, treadle

 

 

 

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