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when I told her that we'd used Moset's program, she was unhappy, to put it mildly.
This communication is incomplete, to put it mildly.
I should caution you, Captain
Jamal, your test scores to put it mildly, caught our attention.
To put it mildly we do not get along together.
Per ls, to put it mildly, not suited for an expedltlon of this magnitude.
We don't get along, to put it mildly.
Mildly elevated BP could put her at risk for a berry aneurysm.

That's putting it mildly, Tom.
When Detective Bell said that Curtis Bradshaw was smarter than the average thug, he was putting it mildly.
A short attention span is putting it mildly.
That's putting it mildly.
"A flop." That's putting it mildly.
"A lot" is putting it mildly.
I'd say volatile is putting it mildly.
"Pretty well" is putting it mildly.