To add water to a drink or liquid in order to make it less strong
To make something such as a statement or newspaper article less offensive, powerful, or detailed
Just wait till the Argentinians blow you out of the water down there in the South Atlantic.
Now have to invite several others to water down the Geraldine/ Roger effect.
Shorty lounged by the fire, and he laughed as she snatched it up and poured the thin stream of water down her throat.
Some of the more forthright sections were watered down by the editors.
The strongest belief will always win, but doubts can water down any belief such that it isn't very effective.
Waters down
Watering down
Watered down
There is no origin for this phrasal verb
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