to put it mildly
idiom
—used to say that a statement is actually an understatement and that the thing referred to is actually larger, more important, more serious, etc.
It was a difficult experience, to put it mildly.
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The attempt didn’t go well, to put it mildly, as DeSantis acknowledged Wednesday during a news conference in Ocala.
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Anthony Man, Sun Sentinel, 2 Apr. 2025
Crucially, however, Trump's basic parameters of such a deal will not, to put it mildly, be those long favored by the bipartisan foreign policy establishment.
—Kristan Hawkins, Newsweek, 7 Feb. 2025
Roose is right that Apple is, to put it mildly, a fastidious creator of consumer products.
—Allison Morrow, CNN Money, 27 Mar. 2025
The Ukraine rare-earths deal now seems endangered, to put it mildly.
—IEEE Spectrum, 7 Mar. 2025
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Anthony Man, Sun Sentinel, 2 Apr. 2025
Crucially, however, Trump's basic parameters of such a deal will not, to put it mildly, be those long favored by the bipartisan foreign policy establishment.
—Kristan Hawkins, Newsweek, 7 Feb. 2025
Roose is right that Apple is, to put it mildly, a fastidious creator of consumer products.
—Allison Morrow, CNN Money, 27 Mar. 2025
The Ukraine rare-earths deal now seems endangered, to put it mildly.
—IEEE Spectrum, 7 Mar. 2025
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“To put it mildly.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/to%20put%20it%20mildly. Accessed 20 Apr. 2025.
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