Definition of water 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
Recent Examples of water down from the Web
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Surely, there is something in the water down there at Trestles.
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The arrangement being discussed would involve the two firms selling products together in Asia, an arrangement that would be dramatically more watered down and less lucrative than the deal that once looked to make Mr. Scaramucci much richer.
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Just dump the water down the drain when you’re done - no fuss, no muss.
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And, to run its own summer recruiting events in a attempt to water down or eliminate AAU/shoe company showcases that now proliferate and where many of the cheating is done.
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Bill survived attempt to water it down The bill was almost watered down before making it through the committee vote.
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At that point, DWR officials planned to open the spillway gates and release water down the 3,000-foot-long concrete chute..
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There’s still a chance the tariffs won’t be imposed or get watered down with exclusions for U.S. allies.
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At the height of the fire, firefighters were directing water down on the structure to beat back the flames that had gotten a good head start.
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First Known Use of water down
1811
water down Synonyms
Synonyms
adulterate, cut, dilute, extend, lace, sophisticate, thin, weaken;
Antonyms
Near Antonyms
augment, reinforce (also reenforce), supplement;
clarify, clean, cleanse, distill (also distil), filter, flush, leach, pasteurize, purge, refine;
Related Words
load;
befoul, contaminate, corrupt, defile, dirty, envenom, foul, infect, poison, pollute, soil, spoil, sully, taint;
manipulate, misrepresent, tamper (with);
counterfeit, fake, falsify, fudge;
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