soft-pedal
verb🔊/ˌsɒft ˈpedl/
🔊/ˌsɔːft ˈpedl/
[transitive, intransitive] (informal)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they soft-pedal | 🔊/ˌsɒft ˈpedl/ 🔊/ˌsɔːft ˈpedl/ |
| he / she / it soft-pedals | 🔊/ˌsɒft ˈpedəlz/ 🔊/ˌsɔːft ˈpedəlz/ |
| past simple soft-pedalled | 🔊/ˌsɒft ˈpedəld/ 🔊/ˌsɔːft ˈpedəld/ |
| past participle soft-pedalled | 🔊/ˌsɒft ˈpedəld/ 🔊/ˌsɔːft ˈpedəld/ |
| (US English) past simple soft-pedaled | 🔊/ˌsɒft ˈpedəld/ 🔊/ˌsɔːft ˈpedəld/ |
| (US English) past participle soft-pedaled | 🔊/ˌsɒft ˈpedəld/ 🔊/ˌsɔːft ˈpedəld/ |
| -ing form soft-pedalling | 🔊/ˌsɒft ˈpedlɪŋ/ 🔊/ˌsɔːft ˈpedlɪŋ/ |
| (US English) -ing form soft-pedaling | 🔊/ˌsɒft ˈpedlɪŋ/ 🔊/ˌsɔːft ˈpedlɪŋ/ |