Usually means: Soften impact of negative news.
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General (6 matching dictionaries)
  1. cushion the blow: Merriam-Webster
  2. cushion the blow: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  3. cushion the blow: TheFreeDictionary.com
  4. cushion the blow: Wiktionary

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. cushion the blow: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. cushion the blow: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. cushion the blow: Idioms

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Cushion the blow: Urban Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (cushion the blow)

verb:  Synonym of soften the blow.

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