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THROW COLD WATER ON

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does throw cold water on mean? 

THROW COLD WATER ON (verb)
  The verb THROW COLD WATER ON has 1 sense:

1. be discouraging or negative aboutplay

  Familiarity information: THROW COLD WATER ON used as a verb is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


THROW COLD WATER ON (verb)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Be discouraging or negative about

Classified under:

Verbs of feeling

Synonyms:

pour cold water on; throw cold water on

Hypernyms (to "throw 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
Somebody ----s somebody


 Context examples 


Oh! no; there would be a Mrs. Knightley to throw cold water on every thing.

(Emma, by Jane Austen)



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