Play down - перевод на Русский и значение в Английском

phrase

Understate the importance or quality of

phrasal verb

Represent something as being less important than it in fact is.

Примеры использования:

He tried to play down the seriousness of his illness

phrasal verb

To make something seem less important than or not as bad as it really is

Примеры использования:

The doctor tried to play down the seriousness of my father’s illness, but we weren’t fooled.

phrasal verb

To say that something is not important, especially because you do not want it to be known publicly

Примеры использования:

Insiders are playing the matter down, stressing the investigation is industry-wide and not specific…