"put it mildly" meaning in All languages combined

See put it mildly on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

Forms: puts it mildly [present, singular, third-person], putting it mildly [participle, present], put it mildly [participle, past], put it mildly [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|put<,,put> it mildly}} put it mildly (third-person singular simple present puts it mildly, present participle putting it mildly, simple past and past participle put it mildly)
  1. To state without exaggeration; to understate, to state in euphemistic terms. Related terms: to put it another way, not to put too fine a point on it
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