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put it mildly en · VERB

Meanings

  1. To state without exaggeration; to understate, to state in euphemistic terms.
    • His players responded. Wolverhampton Wanderers were beaten at Anfield and United, to put it mildly, outclassed. 2023 March 5, Phil McNulty, “Liverpool 7-0 Manchester United”, in BBC Sport:
    • That's putting it mildly!
    • to put it mildly

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
put it mildly Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
put it mildly Tense=Past lexicographic
putting it mildly Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
puts it mildly Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic

Relateds

not to put too fine a point on it · to put it another way

Translations (1)

sv milt sagt (Translations)