water down
verb
watered down; watering down; waters down
: to reduce or temper the force or effectiveness of
watered down the plan
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Examples of water down in a Sentence
watered down the cocktails while jacking up their prices
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Advertisement His government has taken an adversarial position toward neighboring Ukraine, and sought to block, delay or water down European Union efforts to provide financial and military support to Kyiv and to pass sanctions on Moscow over its war in Ukraine.
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Justin Spike, Los Angeles Times, 26 Sep. 2024
The issue is that alternatives which water down or anonymize tracking risk changing the balance in an industry that has been built on user data.
—Zak Doffman, Forbes, 25 Sep. 2024
Others, however, worry that the final product could only be more watered down the longer negotiations go on.
—Dylan Scott, Vox, 24 Sep. 2024
Legislative measures to control campaign spending — often announced with great fanfare — are repeatedly buried or watered down by the very lawmakers who would be bound by them.
—Rick Pearson, Chicago Tribune, 1 Sep. 2024
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Justin Spike, Los Angeles Times, 26 Sep. 2024
The issue is that alternatives which water down or anonymize tracking risk changing the balance in an industry that has been built on user data.
—Zak Doffman, Forbes, 25 Sep. 2024
Others, however, worry that the final product could only be more watered down the longer negotiations go on.
—Dylan Scott, Vox, 24 Sep. 2024
Legislative measures to control campaign spending — often announced with great fanfare — are repeatedly buried or watered down by the very lawmakers who would be bound by them.
—Rick Pearson, Chicago Tribune, 1 Sep. 2024
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“Water down.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/water%20down. Accessed 25 Oct. 2024.
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