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water down

phrasal verb
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water something down
  1. to make a liquid weaker by adding water加水冲淡（液体）；掺水稀释 synonym dilute
  2. [usually passive] to change a speech, a piece of writing, etc. in order to make it less strong or offensive缓和（说话、文章等的）语气；使变得轻描淡写
    • The proposals got somewhat watered down at committee stage.这些提议在委员会阶段被淡化了。
    synonym dilute