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Definition of play down phrasal verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

play down

phrasal verb

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play something down

to try to make something seem less important than it really is synonym downplay opposite play something up, play something up

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See play down in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

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adverb

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