water down
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down
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/wˈɔːtə dˈaʊn/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "water down"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

to water down
[phrase form: water]
01

āĻ•āĻŽāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āφāύāĻž, āĻŽā§ƒāĻĻ⧁ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to make something such as a law, suggestion, etc. less intense, complicated, or forceful, typically by removing or reducing certain parts of it
Transitive: to water down a content or plan
to water down definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The company 's ambitious expansion plans were watered down to focus on more achievable short-term goals.
āϕ⧋āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻžāύāĻŋāϰ āωāĻšā§āϚāĻžāĻ­āĻŋāϞāĻžāώ⧀ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒā§āϰāϏāĻžāϰāĻŖ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻ•āĻ˛ā§āĻĒāύāĻžāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āĻšāĻžāϞāĻ•āĻž āĻ•āϰāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ āφāϰāĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āϜāύāϝ⧋āĻ—ā§āϝ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻ˛ā§āĻĒāĻŽā§‡āϝāĻŧāĻžāĻĻā§€ āϞāĻ•ā§āĻˇā§āϝāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋāϤ⧇ āĻĢā§‹āĻ•āĻžāϏ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝāĨ¤
02

āĻĒāĻžāϤāϞāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻĒāĻžāύāĻŋ āĻŽāĻŋāĻļāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻ•āĻŽāĻœā§‹āϰ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to make something less strong by adding water to it
Transitive: to water down a substance
to water down definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The instructions suggest not to water the fertilizer down too much.
āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻĻ⧇āĻļāĻžāĻŦāϞ⧀āϤ⧇ āĻĒāϰāĻžāĻŽāĻ°ā§āĻļ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇ āϝ⧇ āϏāĻžāϰāϟāĻŋ āϖ⧁āĻŦ āĻŦ⧇āĻļāĻŋ āĻĒāĻžāϤāϞāĻž āύāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻžāĨ¤
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āĻĻ⧁āĻ°ā§āĻŦāϞ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻšāĻžāϞāĻ•āĻž āĻ•āϰāĻž

to weaken the effectiveness of something such as an idea, opinion, speech, etc., usually by softening the language or removing content that might upset or offend people
Transitive: to water down sth
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The politician 's speech was watered down to avoid offending any potential voters, resulting in a vague and uninspiring message.
āϰāĻžāϜāύ⧀āϤāĻŋāĻŦāĻŋāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻŦāĻ•ā§āϤ⧃āϤāĻžāϟāĻŋ āϏāĻŽā§āĻ­āĻžāĻŦā§āϝ āĻ­ā§‹āϟāĻžāϰāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻŦāĻŋāϰāĻ•ā§āϤ āύāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āϜāϞ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ, āϝāĻžāϰ āĻĢāϞ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻ…āĻ¸ā§āĻĒāĻˇā§āϟ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ…āύ⧁āĻĒā§āϰ⧇āϰāĻŖāĻžāĻšā§€āύ āĻŦāĻžāĻ°ā§āϤāĻž āĻĒāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž āϗ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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