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POUR COLD WATER ON
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I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Be discouraging or negative about
Synonyms:
pour cold water on; throw cold water on
Classified under:
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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