Sentences with phrase «to play something down»

She can also play it down with canvas shoes and a denim jacket for a casual look.

So she was just playing it down to say the least.

If you are skilled or talented in one area (or more), do not play it down.

The current 4 - series may well adhere to the definition of a coupe but it rather plays it down in spirit.

If you have a large bust and like to play it down avoid shiny or sparkly fabrics.

Or just play it down the centre — take on that distressed exposure to hedge other parts of your portfolio which may desperately rely on European economic growth.

Or play it down for a quick lunch.

«He really played it down.»

Even his statement plays it down.

Even in other unorthodox formations with him as a wide forward he can succeed (but not to the degree of a Walcott / Alexis / Ox etc.) as he can get into the box and try to play himself down wings for crosses.

Providing Wenger plays him down the middle and not on the wing, which is not a guarantee, he'll score you 25 + goals a season and their's no where in the world you'll find a better striker for # 50 odd million, some people talk out their backside.

When the senior Mr. Cuomo signed the executive order in 1983 — a major milestone for the gay community — Andrew Cuomo seemed intent on playing it down to blunt any backlash.

Public Advocate Tish James played it down the middle — thanking Olatoye for her work, but agreeing she had to go.

When I work with fine jewelry, I love a juxtaposition, like playing it down a bit or wearing it a little haphazardly, like pairing diamonds with vintage Levi's and a white T - shirt or with messy hair — as opposed to having everything perfectly in place.

The filmmakers set up a showpiece premise and then deliberately play it down in the interests of a misguided verity; drab realism is the order of the day.

When Anderson was called up on the comparison in late 2015, he modestly played it down: «he said that a very, very long time ago.

You play across three boards with each player taking control of five heroes, playing them down lanes with spawning creeps.

Instead of glorifying the technical means he just plays them down completely.

Mourinho knows his team isnt as far away as the table does tell, he is irked by how efficient and good we look by playing it down with jokes and taunts.

Ian Fleming's novel did not play them down, however.

PH: Because this budget isn't all that different and, consequently, not all that exciting or controversial, it's better that they're playing it down and not really promoting or selling it that hard.

For this author to play it down is as absurd as Iran claiming the holocaust didn't happen either.

For several weeks, conscious of the weight of the word «cancer,» I had been playing it down, and had persuaded myself more comprehensively than anyone.

You can play it down all you want but they have strengthened and I bet they are not done strengthening either.

Obviously the latest smoking controversy does not help but Arsene Wenger seems happy to play it down and back his player, so why can't the fans do the same?

Mercedes have been playing it down, others have been bigging it up, but in qualifying and the race, the Ferraris showed consistently higher straight - line speed.

«We'll drop him back, stand him up and play him down — anything to try to get him more involved,» Erickson says.

I would play him down the middle and Podolski down the left.

Less nerves to the guys if he plays it down.

United are going to try and play him down the middle is my guess.

He has already done one of them by playing it down and the fact that we got a positive result on Wednesday will also help, as the game last season that made this an issue was the trip to Man City after losing to Napoli away, but there was travel involved and a tougher team to face then.

Arsene Wenger is playing it down and saying that the Gunners are too far behind the league leaders, but I think he is wrong.

So while most of fans and many former Gunners in the football media were getting very excited about our win over Man City and talking about it being a major stepping stone to the trophy in May, the manager was quick to play it down and see it as just one small step.

There were those reports of dressing room strife between Cavani and Neymar and although the club and both players have played it down it seems like there is a problem.

It is sickening that the media WILL NOT criticise when a player makes a tackle like that and always try to play it down.

Almost immediately there were reports of the $ 100 million transfer causing friction, despite Bale's attempts to play it down.

«We had Republican issues at times and we had Democratic issues, but she played it down the middle of the road all the way,» he said.

People feel that when someone does something very competently and, even worse, plays it down, it is somehow cheating.

Although they're biker in style so not so easy to play them down.

I can wear this timeliness number to dinners, weddings, date nights, and even during the day I could play it down with a blazer and cute heels or even a denim jacket and a topknot... the possibilities are endless.