Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary - underplay
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Underplay
underplay
(underplays, underplaying, underplayed) If you underplay something, you make it seem less important than it really is. (mainly BRIT; in AM, usually use play down) We often underplay the skills we have... The problem of alcoholism was, and still is, often underplayed. = play down, downplay VERB: V n, V n
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Date: 1833 intransitive verb to play a role with subdued force transitive verb 1. to act or present (as a role or a scene) with restraint ; play down 2. to play a card lower than (a held high card) ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
2.
v. 1 tr. play down the importance of. 2 intr. & tr. Theatr. a perform with deliberate restraint. b underact. ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
3.
1. театр. играть ниже своих возможностей 2. театр. исполнять роль без нажима; играть сдержанно 3. карт. умышленно не брать взятку underplot 1. побочная, второстепенная интрига (в пьесе) 2. тайный замысел ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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~ v 1 to make something seem less important than it really is 2 underplay your hand to discuss something with someone without telling them everything about your plans, abilities etc ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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