to try to make a problem or difficult situation seem less important than it is
And if they find us and come after us we'll go down to Mexico and change our names and I'll play down there.
At first the government played down the threat to public health.
It flattered neither of them, nor did it try to play down Alex's disfigurements.
Our own War Office was fighting to play down the whole issue, didn't want the responsibility.
She was right beside me, and I couldn't very well play down her importance and say she was just a friend.
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There is no origin for this phrasal verb
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