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Watered Down.

To be watered down. Something is watered down. W-A-T-E-R-E-D, watered down, D-O-W-M, and usually watered-down.

So, for example, the typical idea would be, this Coca-Cola is watered down. So, for example, the typical idea would be, this Coca-Cola is watered down. What does that mean?

That means maybe you had some Coca-Cola and somebody added ice. But now the ice is all melted and the Coca-Cola taste is not so good. It tastes weak. It's more watery than Coca-Cola. It's watered down. We can say this with whiskey too. Give somebody some whiskey,

who this whiskey is strong. Give me some ice so I can water it down. Now in that case,

I used it as a verb, a phrasal verb, to water something down, to make something weak.

Do you understand?

So watered down is something that is weak.

It has intentionally been made weaker, not so strong. Sometimes it's good, but sometimes it can be bad. Let's check out a

dialogue. What's the difference between DD and DDM? D.D. is the watered down version of D.D.

So, D.D. is no good? No.? No, DD is great, but DDM is much better.

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