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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With the Greens also losing a number of seats, many scientists worry the new balance of power will aggravate an ongoing trend toward watering down the EU’s environmental ambitions.
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science.org, 3 July 2024
Boats with heavy ballasts force water down to make waves, blasting river and lake bottoms in areas that aren’t deep enough.
—Christine Peterson, Outdoor Life, 20 June 2024
White-collar companies are watering down their diversity programs by altering or removing language that suggests these efforts are exclusively for underrepresented people.
—Byruth Umoh, Fortune, 26 June 2024
And bonding requirements were watered down to the point that new, stricter rules would only apply to a handful of drillers.
—Mark Olalde, ProPublica, 24 June 2024
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science.org, 3 July 2024
Boats with heavy ballasts force water down to make waves, blasting river and lake bottoms in areas that aren’t deep enough.
—Christine Peterson, Outdoor Life, 20 June 2024
White-collar companies are watering down their diversity programs by altering or removing language that suggests these efforts are exclusively for underrepresented people.
—Byruth Umoh, Fortune, 26 June 2024
And bonding requirements were watered down to the point that new, stricter rules would only apply to a handful of drillers.
—Mark Olalde, ProPublica, 24 June 2024
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“Water down.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/water%20down. Accessed 15 Jul. 2024.
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