water down
verb
watered down; watering down; waters down
: to reduce or temper the force or effectiveness of
watered down the plan
Examples of water down in a Sentence
watered down the cocktails while jacking up their prices
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The governor’s office did not respond to IndyStar’s inquiry on the number of Hoosiers submitting comments requesting IDEM to not water down existing regulations.
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Karl Schneider, IndyStar, 22 July 2025
But this commitment is now under threat, as OpenAI pursues a restructuring that would remove caps on investor profits and water down its obligations to its charitable mission.
—Jacob Hilton, Time, 22 July 2025
Climate change is melting ice at the poles and sending water down to the equator, slowing the rotation down.
—Nell Greenfieldboyce, NPR, 22 July 2025
Until now, advertising creative has been constrained by time, budget, and scale, forcing the 'big idea' to often be watered down by the realities of production.
—Kristen M. O’Hara, Forbes.com, 8 July 2025
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Karl Schneider, IndyStar, 22 July 2025
But this commitment is now under threat, as OpenAI pursues a restructuring that would remove caps on investor profits and water down its obligations to its charitable mission.
—Jacob Hilton, Time, 22 July 2025
Climate change is melting ice at the poles and sending water down to the equator, slowing the rotation down.
—Nell Greenfieldboyce, NPR, 22 July 2025
Until now, advertising creative has been constrained by time, budget, and scale, forcing the 'big idea' to often be watered down by the realities of production.
—Kristen M. O’Hara, Forbes.com, 8 July 2025
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“Water down.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/water%20down. Accessed 25 Jul. 2025.
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