soft pedal

soft pedal Definition

soft pedal

noun

a pedal used to soften or dampen the tone of a piano or any of certain other musical instruments

soft-pedal Definition

soft·-pedal (sôft′ped′'l, säft′-)

transitive verb -·aled or -·alled, -·aling or -·alling

to soften or dampen the tone of (a musical instrument) by use of a special pedal
Informal to make less emphatic, less obtrusive, less conspicuous, etc.; tone down; play down

soft pedal Usage Examples

Object

uniqueness: Are we tempted to soft pedal the uniqueness of Christ in our politically correct and supposedly pluralistic society?

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