watered-down version
collocation in Englishmeaningsofwatered-downandversion
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watered-down
adjective[before noun]
uk/ˌwɔː.tədˈdaʊn/us/ˌwɑː.t̬ɚdˈdaʊn/
A watered-down idea or opinion has been made less extreme than it originally was, usually so that people are more likely to ...
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version
noun[C]
uk/ˈvɜː.ʃən/uk/ˈvɜː.ʒən/us/ˈvɝː.ʒən/
a particular form of something that is slightly different from other forms of the ...
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(Definition ofwatered-downandversionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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The efforts were soon abandoned for awatered-downversionof no beef-eating and less drinking.
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It is only true in thewatered-downversionthat some physical body constraints are reflected in our perception some of the time.
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Instead, it wants awatered-downversionthat would allow more pupils to pass.
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The first disappointment is thewatered-downversionof the proposed climate change convention.
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After 14 months of negotiations, we shall have awatered-downversionof thewatered-downversion.
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It is talking vaguely about awatered-downversion, but it cannot be trusted.
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I have heard it referred to as awatered-downversion.
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The conservatives have scorned this as being what they call awatered-downversionof the traditional concept of civil human rights.
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Self-handling that has been proposed in this forum, even in itswatered-downversion, constitutes a serious infringement of this.
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Some people think of the welfare state as the 1930s provision, plus awatered-downversionof the national health service.
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They are a muchwatered-downversionof the onshore regulations, and they do nothing to deal with offshore problems.
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All we can adopt at second reading is awatered-downversionof the most far-reaching proposals that we voted on six months ago after the first reading.
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Do they intend to support what appears to be awatered-downversionof the directive: a voluntary agreement between manufacturers?
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It is certainly not awatered-downversionand it is very much an improvement on my own.
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Awatered-downversionof this is still widely used.
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