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water down

verb

  1. to dilute or weaken with water
  2. to modify or adulterate, esp so as to omit anything harsh, unpleasant, or offensive

    to water down the truth

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Idioms and Phrases

Dilute or weaken, as in He watered down that unfavorable report with feeble excuses . [Mid-1800s]
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It would be hugely reluctant to comply with another US ask: to water down its much-trumpeted digital regulations, aimed at limiting monopolies and placing restrictions on speech and content in the EU.

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Every time Donald Trump has mentioned his plan to levy massive tariffs on imports into the US, there has been a widespread assumption that they will be delayed, watered down or rowed back.

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Since President Trump retook office, entertainment and media companies have quickly moved to water down efforts to promote diversity, equity and inclusion both internally and in the content they produce.

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Last week, another bill that had suggested banning phones in schools was watered down to gain government support.

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“My biggest fight, more than reiterating stereotypes or cliches, is I am more afraid of dumbing down or watering down my culture for people just to make them understand it,†she says.

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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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