talksomethingdown
phrasal verbwithtalkverb[I]uk/tɔːk/us/tɑːk/
totalkabout something in a way that makes itseemlessimportantor lessseriousthan it really is:
Hebeganhislecturebytalkingdown theinitiativesof arivalcompany.
Treating as unimportant
- blow
- blowsomething/someoneoff
- brushsomeone/somethingaside
- chopped liver
- damn
- denigrate
- denigration
- front
- laugh
- laughsomethingoff
- leavesomethingat the dooridiom
- look down onsomeone
- minoritize
- never
- shrug
- shrugsomethingoff
- skate over/aroundsomething
- sniff atsomething
- sweepsomethingaside
- wave
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Exaggerating & playing down