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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: playing down, plays down, played down

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

Encyclopedia: Play down