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Definition of underplay verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

underplay

verb

NAmE//ˌʌndərˈpleɪ//

, NAmE//ˈʌndərˌpleɪ//

underplay somethingVerb Forms present simple I / you / we / they underplay

he / she / it underplays

past simple underplayed

-ing form underplaying

to make something seem less important than it really is synonym downplay, play somethingdown opposite overplay

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