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Verb: play down  pley dawn
  1. Understate the importance or quality of
    "he played down his royal ancestry";
    - background, downplay

Derived forms: played down, playing down, plays down

Type of: accent, accentuate, emphasise [Brit], emphasize, punctuate, stress

Antonym: play up

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play
play a joke on
play a trick on
play along
play around
play back
play ball
play date
play down
play false
play group
play hooky
play it by ear
play list
play off
play on words
play out
play possum
play reading