"soft peddle" meaning in English

See soft peddle in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: soft peddles [present, singular, third-person], soft peddling [participle, present], soft peddled [participle, past], soft peddled [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb}} soft peddle (third-person singular simple present soft peddles, present participle soft peddling, simple past and past participle soft peddled)
  1. Misspelling of soft-pedal. Tags: alt-of, misspelling Alternative form of: soft-pedal
    Sense id: en-soft_peddle-en-verb-aSipeFgd Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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