What does pour cold water over mean?

pour cold water over

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.03 in modern English

Syllables: pour -cold wa-ter over
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verb

Synonym of throw cold water on.

Example Sentences

"Jess Park's first-half goal proved to be the winner in an impressive 1-0 victory over the world champions which poured cold water over criticism that had been heating up."

Inflected Forms

pours cold water over (present, singular) pouring cold water over (participle, present) poured cold water over (participle, past) poured cold water over (past)

Synonyms

throw cold water on

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