Downplay Definition & Meaning
downplay
- verb
- represent as less significant or important
- understate the importance or quality of; "he played down his royal ancestry"
Words that rhyme with downplay
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- What does downplay mean?
- represent as less significant or important understate the importance or quality of; "he played down his royal ancestry"
- What part of speech is downplay?
- Downplay is a verb.
- How many definitions does downplay have?
- Downplay has 2 definitions across 1 part of speech (verb).