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81soft-pedal — transitive verb Date: 1925 1. play down, de emphasize < soft pedal the issue > 2. to use the soft pedal in playing …
82Soft Construction with Boiled Beans (Premonition of Civil War) — Infobox Painting| backcolor=#FBF5DF painting alignment=right image size=300px title=Soft Construction with Boiled Beans (Premonition of Civil War) artist=Salvador Dalí year=1936 type=Oil on canvas height=100 width=99 height inch=39 5/16 width… …
83Soft aspect (astrology) — In astrology, a soft aspect (also called a harmonious aspect or easy aspect) is an astrological aspect that is considered to be beneficial in a horoscope. Traditionally, easy aspects were considered to be the sextile and the trine because there… …
84Soft Landing — A term used to describe a rate of economic growth high enough to avoid recession, but slow enough to avoid high inflation. When the economy is growing at strong rate, the Fed will try to engineer a soft landing by raising interest rates enough to …
85soft landing — /ˈsɒft lændɪŋ/ (say soft landing) noun 1. a landing by a spacecraft on the moon or some other celestial body which is so gentle that no injury is caused to equipment or crew. Compare hard landing (def. 1). 2. the placement of someone in another… …
86soft pedal — Synonyms and related words: 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,… …
87soft-nosed bullets — Man Man (m[a^]n), n.; pl. {Men} (m[e^]n). [AS. mann, man, monn, mon; akin to OS., D., & OHG. man, G. mann, Icel. ma[eth]r, for mannr, Dan. Mand, Sw. man, Goth. manna, Skr. manu, manus, and perh. to Skr. man to think, and E. mind. [root]104. Cf.… …
88soft pedal — v. play down, minimize, reduce importance, make less important; use the soft pedal in playing piano to reduce the volume of music n. pedal on a piano that reduces musical tones …
89soft pedaled — v. play down, minimize, reduce importance, make less important; use the soft pedal in playing piano to reduce the volume of music n. pedal on a piano that reduces musical tones …
90soft pedaling — v. play down, minimize, reduce importance, make less important; use the soft pedal in playing piano to reduce the volume of music n. pedal on a piano that reduces musical tones …
