āĻ āύā§āϏāύā§āϧāĻžāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻ āĻāĻŋāϧāĻžāύā§āϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
water down
/wËÉËtÉ dËaĘn/
to water down
[phrase form: water]
01
āĻāĻŽāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§ āĻāύāĻž, āĻŽā§āĻĻā§ āĻāϰāĻž
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
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The company 's ambitious expansion plans were watered down to focus on more achievable short-term goals.
āĻā§āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻžāύāĻŋāϰ āĻāĻā§āĻāĻžāĻāĻŋāϞāĻžāώ⧠āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒā§āϰāϏāĻžāϰāĻŖ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻāϞā§āĻĒāύāĻžāĻā§āϞāĻŋ āĻšāĻžāϞāĻāĻž āĻāϰāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧā§āĻāĻŋāϞ āĻāϰāĻ āĻ
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02
āĻĒāĻžāϤāϞāĻž āĻāϰāĻž, āĻĒāĻžāύāĻŋ āĻŽāĻŋāĻļāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§ āĻāĻŽāĻā§āϰ āĻāϰāĻž
to make something less strong by adding water to it
Transitive: to water down a substance
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The instructions suggest not to water the fertilizer down too much.
āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻĻā§āĻļāĻžāĻŦāϞā§āϤ⧠āĻĒāϰāĻžāĻŽāϰā§āĻļ āĻĻā§āĻāϝāĻŧāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧā§āĻā§ āϝ⧠āϏāĻžāϰāĻāĻŋ āĻā§āĻŦ āĻŦā§āĻļāĻŋ āĻĒāĻžāϤāϞāĻž āύāĻž āĻāϰāĻžāĨ¤
03
āĻĻā§āϰā§āĻŦāϞ āĻāϰāĻž, āĻšāĻžāϞāĻāĻž āĻāϰāĻž
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
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The politician 's speech was watered down to avoid offending any potential voters, resulting in a vague and uninspiring message.
āϰāĻžāĻāύā§āϤāĻŋāĻŦāĻŋāĻĻā§āϰ āĻŦāĻā§āϤā§āϤāĻžāĻāĻŋ āϏāĻŽā§āĻāĻžāĻŦā§āϝ āĻā§āĻāĻžāϰāĻĻā§āϰ āĻŦāĻŋāϰāĻā§āϤ āύāĻž āĻāϰāĻžāϰ āĻāύā§āϝ āĻāϞ āĻĻā§āĻāϝāĻŧāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧā§āĻāĻŋāϞ, āϝāĻžāϰ āĻĢāϞ⧠āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻ
āϏā§āĻĒāώā§āĻ āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻ
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