put it mildly

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put it mildly (third-person singular simple present puts it mildly, present participle putting it mildly, simple past and past participle put it mildly)

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

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