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POUR COLD WATER ON
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Dictionary entry overview: What does pour cold water on mean?
• POUR COLD WATER ON (verb)
The verb POUR COLD WATER ON has 1 sense:
1. be discouraging or negative about
Familiarity information: POUR COLD WATER ON used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Be discouraging or negative about
Classified under:
Verbs of feeling
Synonyms:
pour cold water on; throw cold water on
Hypernyms (to "pour cold water on" is one way to...):
discourage (deprive of courage or hope; take away hope from; cause to feel discouraged)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
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