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verb
Act (a role) with great restraint.
synonym: underplay.
is a specific kind of: act, play, playact, roleplay.
domain category: dramatic art, dramatics, dramaturgy, theater, theatre.
is the opposite of: ham, ham it up, overact, overplay.
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