Even when the crowd turned loud and nasty on certain foreign-policy points, Paul refused to soft-pedal his anti-interventionism. |
It's a soft-pedal dance track that warped a Bieber vocal sample into an instrumental, producing a mournful, dolphinlike trill. |
There had been rumors of trouble back on Earth, persistent rumors he had taken care to soft-pedal, as mayor of the colony. |
The new office holder cannot simply close the inquiry, but can soft-pedal it. |
And on a recent trip to Beijing, intimidating Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage did not just soft-pedal America's criticism. |
And when the aha is reintroduced in parliament, as it inevitably will be, he can soft-pedal. |