Definition of "soft-pedals" []

• Third-person singular simple present indicative form of soft-pedal. (verb)

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• "But the U.S. government often soft-pedals criticisms of Mexico on matters such as corruption and human-rights offenses, for two reasons."
• "Aside from providing a one-sided perspective of conflict, war porn soft-pedals the horrors of battle."
• "Yet, without getting paranoid, watch for signs that you are already being pushed out -- your phone calls and emails don't come so regularly; you're not included in meetings or those planning sessions for future projects; you are treated too sym¬pathetically; your boss soft-pedals what ought to be straight-out talk."