'soft pedal' definitions:
Definition of 'soft pedal'
From: WordNet
noun
A pedal on a piano that moves the action closer to the strings and so soften the sound
Synonyms of 'soft pedal'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- allow for,
- baffle,
- choke,
- choke off,
- color,
- cushion,
- damp,
- dampen,
- deaden,
- deafen,
- diminish,
- dull,
- dumbfound,
- ease,
- extenuate,
- gag,
- gloss over,
- hush,
- hush-hush,
- ignore,
- lessen,
- make allowance for,
- mince,
- mitigate,
- muffle,
- mute,
- muzzle,
- palliate,
- play down,
- put to silence,
- quiet,
- quieten,
- shush,
- shut down on,
- silence,
- slur over,
- soften,
- squash,
- squelch,
- stifle,
- still,
- stop,
- strike dumb,
- subdue,
- throttle,
- tone down,
- varnish,
- whitewash