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Soft pedal   /sɑft pˈɛdəl/   Listen
Soft pedal

noun
1.
A pedal on a piano that moves the action closer to the strings and so soften the sound.





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"Soft pedal" Quotes from Famous Books



... told him in the same quiet voice, "what I've got to say if you'll just put the soft pedal on and tell me ...
— The Fortune Hunter • Louis Joseph Vance
... jealousy, and they found themselves involved in a complex race problem, dealing with three aggressive applicants for places at the councils of rulers governing the world. California was ordered to turn on the soft pedal and do it quick, and officially, at least, she did for a time. Canada was ordered to lay both hands across her mouth and never to speak above a whisper of the whole Brown Brother problem; and England—well—England openly took the Jappy-Chappy at his word—recognized ...
— The Canadian Commonwealth • Agnes C. Laut


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