Search Result for "play down":
Wordnet 3.0

VERB (1)

1. understate the importance or quality of;
- Example: "he played down his royal ancestry"
[syn: background, play down, downplay]



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

play down
    v 1: understate the importance or quality of; "he played down
         his royal ancestry" [syn: background, play down,
         downplay] [ant: foreground, highlight, play up,
         spotlight]