- soft pedal - a pedal on a piano that moves the action closer to the strings and so soften the sound
--1 is a kind of pedal, treadle, foot pedal, foot lever
--1 is a part of piano, pianoforte, forte-piano
- soft-pedal - play down or obscure; "His advisers soft-pedaled the president's blunder"
--1 is one way to background, play down, downplay
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