water down

1. 1.

   make less strong or intense

   “water down the mixture”

   Broaderdilute
2. 2.

   thin by adding water to

   “They watered down the moonshine”

   Broaderload

Questions about water down

What does water down mean?

water down means "make less strong or intense". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

Is water down a common word?

water down is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.