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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This ensured that the gin had not been watered down.
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Joseph V Micallef, Forbes.com, 16 Apr. 2025
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Inside a new cruise ship: 22 decks, a dozen restaurants, a mall.
—Tess Riski, Miami Herald, 11 Apr. 2025
To prevent its findings from being blocked or watered down by the defense department’s bureaucracy, ONA was instructed to forward them directly to the Pentagon’s senior leaders.
—Andrew F. Krepinevich, Foreign Affairs, 2 Apr. 2025
Makky would make at least ten molds off the Steinbeck plaque, then cook them in a kiln at a thousand degrees, pour in molten nickel bronze, break the molds off, and water down the sand for reuse.
—Michael Schulman, The New Yorker, 24 Feb. 2025
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Joseph V Micallef, Forbes.com, 16 Apr. 2025
Follow More of Our Reporting on City of Miami
Miami-Dade County
Proposal for lifetime term limits could get watered down by Miami City Commission
April 11, 2025 5:00 AM
Travel
Inside a new cruise ship: 22 decks, a dozen restaurants, a mall.
—Tess Riski, Miami Herald, 11 Apr. 2025
To prevent its findings from being blocked or watered down by the defense department’s bureaucracy, ONA was instructed to forward them directly to the Pentagon’s senior leaders.
—Andrew F. Krepinevich, Foreign Affairs, 2 Apr. 2025
Makky would make at least ten molds off the Steinbeck plaque, then cook them in a kiln at a thousand degrees, pour in molten nickel bronze, break the molds off, and water down the sand for reuse.
—Michael Schulman, The New Yorker, 24 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for water down
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“Water down.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/water%20down. Accessed 20 Apr. 2025.
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