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play down

 
Verb play down has 1 sense
  1. background, play down, downplay - understate the importance or quality of; "he played down his royal ancestry"
    --1 is one way to stress, emphasize, emphasise, punctuate, accent, accentuate
    Antonyms: foreground, highlight, spotlight, play up
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Something ----s something
play, play play a joke on play a trick on play along play around play back play ball play down play false play games play girl play group play group school play hard play havoc play hooky

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