Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to soft-pedal
Participle: soft-pedaled
Gerund: soft-pedaling
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | soft-pedal |
| you | soft-pedal |
| he;she;it | soft-pedals |
| we | soft-pedal |
| you | soft-pedal |
| they | soft-pedal |
Perfect
| I | have soft-pedaled |
| you | have soft-pedaled |
| he;she;it | has soft-pedaled |
| we | have soft-pedaled |
| you | have soft-pedaled |
| they | have soft-pedaled |
Past
| I | soft-pedaled |
| you | soft-pedaled |
| he;she;it | soft-pedaled |
| we | soft-pedaled |
| you | soft-pedaled |
| they | soft-pedaled |
Pluperfect
| I | had soft-pedaled |
| you | had soft-pedaled |
| he;she;it | had soft-pedaled |
| we | had soft-pedaled |
| you | had soft-pedaled |
| they | had soft-pedaled |
Future
| I | will soft-pedal |
| you | will soft-pedal |
| he;she;it | will soft-pedal |
| we | will soft-pedal |
| you | will soft-pedal |
| they | will soft-pedal |
Future Perfect
| I | will have soft-pedaled |
| you | will have soft-pedaled |
| he;she;it | will have soft-pedaled |
| we | will have soft-pedaled |
| you | will have soft-pedaled |
| they | will have soft-pedaled |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | soft-pedal |
| you | soft-pedal |
| he;she;it | soft-pedal |
| we | soft-pedal |
| you | soft-pedal |
| they | soft-pedal |
Perfect
| I | have soft-pedaled |
| you | have soft-pedaled |
| he;she;it | have soft-pedaled |
| we | have soft-pedaled |
| you | have soft-pedaled |
| they | have soft-pedaled |
Imperfect
| I | soft-pedaled |
| you | soft-pedaled |
| he;she;it | soft-pedaled |
| we | soft-pedaled |
| you | soft-pedaled |
| they | soft-pedaled |
Pluperfect
| I | had soft-pedaled |
| you | had soft-pedaled |
| he;she;it | had soft-pedaled |
| we | had soft-pedaled |
| you | had soft-pedaled |
| they | had soft-pedaled |
Conditional
Present
| I | would soft-pedal |
| you | would soft-pedal |
| he;she;it | would soft-pedal |
| we | would soft-pedal |
| you | would soft-pedal |
| they | would soft-pedal |
Perfect
| I | would have soft-pedaled |
| you | would have soft-pedaled |
| he;she;it | would have soft-pedaled |
| we | would have soft-pedaled |
| you | would have soft-pedaled |
| they | would have soft-pedaled |
Imperative
| you | soft-pedal |
| we | Let's soft-pedal |
| you | soft-pedal |
Verbs conjugated like 'soft-pedal'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'soft-pedal'
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From soft pedal (“leftmost foot-pedal on most pianos which, when pushed, dampens the strings and so softens the note played”, noun).
Sample Sentences
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But when the first female also-ran at a convention merits such hoopla and hosannas, then it is harder for viewers to understand why the Democrats seem intent on soft-pedaling their presumptive nominee's arguably more remarkable breakthrough. [2008 August 27, Alessandra Stanley, “Obama team soft-pedals a milestone in history”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 31 Mar 2023:]