Understate, say without exaggeration, as in It's a fairly long way to walk, to put it mildly--twenty miles or so. [First half of 1900s]
| Idioms: put it mildly |
Understate, say without exaggeration, as in It's a fairly long way to walk, to put it mildly--twenty miles or so. [First half of 1900s]
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