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• v  play down or obscure
  His advisers soft-pedaled the president's blunder

• Their militant chatter reached such a pitch last week that War Minister General Senjuro Hayashi was moved to step in and soft-pedal it.
• But the newest version of candidate McCain does not dillydally, soft-pedal or claim to live outside politics-as-usual.
• THE PRESIDENCY Unlike Franklin Roosevelt, who liked to needle Republicans with provocative statements during their conventions, Harry Truman soft-pedaled politics last.

News & Articles

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• Bulldogs trying to continue dominance of Georgia Tech under Richt
  There's no need to soft-pedal with Georgia Tech coach Paul Johnson about the one-sided nature of the in-state rivalry heading into Saturday's game in Atlanta against Georgia.
  Nov. 29, 2013 - Athens Banner-Herald
• Going to the 'Dogs: Georgia has won 11 of last 12 meetings with Georgia Tech
  ATHENS - There's no need to soft-pedal with Georgia Tech coach Paul Johnson about the one-sided nature of the in-state rivalry heading into Saturday's game in Atlanta against Georgia.
  Nov. 29, 2013 - Savannah Morning News

Quotes

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• Eugenie Scott in Capital Times
  You don't have to go far to find a teacher afraid of teaching evolution or who is teaching creationism,she said in an interview. "Teachers will often soft-pedal evolution or skip over it if there is a chance of a confrontation."
• Coen brothers in Los Angeles Times
  That said, it's pretty faithful to the novel because it worked. Part of the reason we were attracted to doing it as a movie is we thought, 'A lot of it is there.' We [didn't] want to soft-pedal what's in the novel in terms of the violence,...
• Darrell Issa in North County Times
  We can soft-pedal it a lot of ways, but Congress was lied to,Issa, R-Vista, said in a Wednesday phone interview from his Washington office.