Significados de soft-pedal em inglês

Yet the outward atmosphere was serene, and every attempt was made to soft-pedal the security measures.

It didn't soft-pedal anything, but it's incredibly even-handed when it could have been much more one-sided.

There's no way to soft-pedal this, Michael.

Reader, I had to soft-pedal here.

It is a startling piece of logic that can only spring from a desire to soft-pedal and downplay.

I conclude that there is no way to cabin off or soft-pedal the reprehensible moral implications of these biblical passages.

Labour's candidate for Te Tai Tokerau Kelvin Davis says he can't afford to soft-pedal in his campaign for the northern Maori seat.

Now the soft-pedal on slush, eh, Rafaelito?...

Reformers ask us to soft-pedal the question of sin, find signs of hope even in this latest catastrophe and overlook its inevitable consequences.

There's this kind of confidence when the show is making a big ask, it doesn't try to hold your hand or soft-pedal it.

The central bank is pressing the bloc's governments to act now and is wary of taking any action that could see them soft-pedal budget-consolidation efforts.

Is it possible that other portraitists of Queen Charlotte might have soft-pedalled her African features?

He soft-pedalled on action to address Auckland's housing shortages as soon as prices briefly fell in 2009.

Some rights groups have accused London of soft-pedalling on sensitive political issues to avoid harming its trade prospects.

But it was Abigail who criticised an early draft about the alcoholism saying: 'Mum, you have soft-pedalled on this.

The issue of El Salvador was soft-pedalled when a poll showed that only 2% of the American public favored American military intervention there.