Usually means: Make something seem less important.
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General (12 matching dictionaries)
  1. play down: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. play down: Merriam-Webster
  3. play down: Collins English Dictionary
  4. play down: Vocabulary.com
  5. play down: Wiktionary
  6. play-down, play down: Dictionary.com
  7. play down: Rhymezone
  8. play down: FreeDictionary.org
  9. play down: Mnemonic Dictionary
  10. play down: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. play down: Legal dictionary
  2. play down: Financial dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. play down: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. play down: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. play down: Idioms

Definitions from Wiktionary (play down)

verb:  (idiomatic, transitive) To make or attempt to make something seem less important, likely, or obvious.

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