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downplay

verb

Etymology

Synthetic form of the phrase play down. By surface analysis, down- + play.

Definitions

  1. To de-emphasize

    To de-emphasize; to present or portray as less important or consequential.

    • The Killing of a Chinese Bookie is no ordinary thriller. John Cassavetes, as usual, downplays the plot, opting for character and endless improvisation, but it does not entirely work in this setting.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for downplay. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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