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soft pedal
a pedal used to soften or dampen the tone of a piano or any of certain other musical instruments
transitive verb soft-pedaled or soft-pedalled, soft-pedaling or soft-pedalling
- 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
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