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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] Words nearby put it mildlyput in the way of, put into effect, put into practice, put into words, Putin, Vladimir, put it mildly, put it to, put lead in one's pencil, putlog, put money on, Putnam The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. |