put it mildly

Idioms  

1. 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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put it mildly

To put it mildly, Prince William is unlikely to welcome Harry and Meghan's move back to the UK and the distractions and sense of a rival team it will create.

From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026

Boy Throb lacks the obvious singing talent or physical coordination of the Backstreet Boys, One Direction or BTS, to put it mildly.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 28, 2026

Neither of those were great times to be buying stocks, to put it mildly.

From Barron's ● Jan. 16, 2026

“Fandom” is essentially synonymous with “unreasonable” at this point, and the “Heated Rivalry” fandom can be quite unreasonable, to put it mildly.

From Salon ● Jan. 2, 2026

Mount Washington sometimes gets a little gusty, to put it mildly, and this was a particularly breezy day.

From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson

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