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water down
[phrasal verb] 1
water (something) down or water down (something)
: to make (an alcoholic drink) weaker by adding water to it掺水冲淡（酒精饮料）；稀释；给…加水
- Someone watered down [=diluted] the punch.有人掺水稀释了潘趣酒。
2
disapproving : to make (something) less effective, powerful, etc.削弱，减少（效果、影响等） — see also watered-down
- He had to water down [=simplify] the lecture for the younger students.为了照顾低年级学生，他只好简化讲座内容。
- The movie watered down the lessons of the book.电影淡化了书中体现的教训。
Synonyms
Example Sentences
watered down the cocktails while jacking up their prices
Recent Examples on the Web But the states have for some time been moving to water down or eliminate civil service protections at the state and local level. 
Timothy Noah, The New Republic, 25 July 2022 But industry lobbyists managed to water down or eliminate those proposals. Jesse Drucker, New York Times, 7 July 2022 At the same time, the firm has been allegedly advising numerous major corporate pharmaceutical clients, including helping opioid makers fend off and water down FDA regulations, multiple news outlets have reported. Lucien Bruggeman, ABC News, 5 Apr. 2022 According to some staffers, this pattern of response—freeze, appease, water down—prevented Facebook from learning important lessons. Benjamin Wofford, Wired, 10 Mar. 2022 Perhaps the White House will try to fudge the issue or water down the proposal, but its basic stance is untenable and shows. James Freeman, WSJ, 4 Mar. 2022 Lured away, the river jumped—or avulsed, in the parlance of geology—on a roughly millennial schedule, sending its torrent of water down one of these channels, building in a new direction. Boyce Upholt, Wired, 23 July 2022 However, Senate Republicans will likely block or water down the measures. Alan Murray, Fortune, 9 June 2022 As students held up signs Friday to protest the passing of a Utah law to ban transgender girls from competing in high school sports, the pouring rain sent streaks of colorful water down their poster boards. Connor Sanders, The Salt Lake Tribune, 22 Apr. 2022 See More
Timothy Noah, The New Republic, 25 July 2022 But industry lobbyists managed to water down or eliminate those proposals. Jesse Drucker, New York Times, 7 July 2022 At the same time, the firm has been allegedly advising numerous major corporate pharmaceutical clients, including helping opioid makers fend off and water down FDA regulations, multiple news outlets have reported. Lucien Bruggeman, ABC News, 5 Apr. 2022 According to some staffers, this pattern of response—freeze, appease, water down—prevented Facebook from learning important lessons. Benjamin Wofford, Wired, 10 Mar. 2022 Perhaps the White House will try to fudge the issue or water down the proposal, but its basic stance is untenable and shows. James Freeman, WSJ, 4 Mar. 2022 Lured away, the river jumped—or avulsed, in the parlance of geology—on a roughly millennial schedule, sending its torrent of water down one of these channels, building in a new direction. Boyce Upholt, Wired, 23 July 2022 However, Senate Republicans will likely block or water down the measures. Alan Murray, Fortune, 9 June 2022 As students held up signs Friday to protest the passing of a Utah law to ban transgender girls from competing in high school sports, the pouring rain sent streaks of colorful water down their poster boards. Connor Sanders, The Salt Lake Tribune, 22 Apr. 2022 See More Word History
First Known Use
1811, in the meaning defined above
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