How To Use play down In A Sentence
- That can be key if you're protecting a lead but teams sometimes kill their attacking chances by slowing play down. Times, Sunday Times
- It was my role - apparently - to decode the story, suggest its origins, play down its significance and generally nanny him into a better humour.
- `My government were desperate to play down the military's involvement in the attempted putsch. CODE BREAKER
- He tried to play down his importance to the team, saying he is still young and needs space to develop.
- Rebecca Cattle netted the opener after great play down the right by Lucy McNamara.
- The White House spokeswoman sought to play down the significance of the event.
- But egalitarian feminists tend to play down the value of biological explanations.
- Center and city officials play down the troubles, saying they are typical of any start-up operation.
- The company is testing new formats that play down users' photos. Times, Sunday Times
- They derisively call the embrace of gay culture "pinkwashing" - a conscious attempt to play down what they call violations of Palestinian human rights by Israel behind an image of tolerance. Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion
