throw cold water on (English, verb)
expansion: throw cold water on (third-person singular simple present throws cold water on, present participle throwing cold water on, simple past threw cold water on, past participle thrown cold water on)
Senses:
glosses: (of an achievement, emotion, idea, suggestion, etc.) To belittle or dismiss; to cast doubt upon; to debunk.
tags: idiomatic
transitive
Forms:
form: throws cold water on
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: throwing cold water on
tags: participle
present
form: threw cold water on
tags: past
form: thrown cold water on
tags: participle
past