We half slept through the bread and butter with jam, and flat, icy, watered-down milk, totally unrelated to milk straight from a cow (New Yorker).
The measure is a watered-down version of the bill the Senate had approved (Wall Street Journal).
Useful english dictionary. 2012.
watered-down — wa|tered down [ ,wɔtərd daun ] adjective 1. ) a watered down statement, article, etc. has been made less offensive, powerful, or detailed than it originally was 2. ) a watered down drink has been made weaker with water … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
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