Synonyms for water down
wa·ter down

Princeton's WordNet

1. water downverb

   make less strong or intense

   "water down the mixture"

2. water downverb

   thin by adding water to

   "They watered down the moonshine"

Matched Categories

1. • Adulterate
   • Dilute

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1. David Womark:

   It is an unflinching look at the issue. It's something you can't water down because that would be unfair to the story.

2. Mike Chinoy:

   A key barometer of how angry the Chinese are will be how much and in what way they try to water down any U.N. resolution.

3. Tomiichi Murayama:

   If you listen to what Mr. Abe has said so far...it appears he wants to water down the facts of the past somewhat, depending on the content, this could reap the mistrust of Asia and the world.

4. Barack Obama:

   If they try to water down consumer protections that we put in place in the aftermath of the financial crisis, I will say no, and I'm confident that I'll be able to uphold vetoes of those types of provisions.

5. Kevin McCarthy:

   We designed the bill to move as much water down south to our farms and to our cities as possible without making any fundamental changes to the environmental law.