pour cold water on
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pour cold water on
verb pours cold water on · pouring cold water on · poured cold water on
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Synonym of throw cold water on (“to belittle or dismiss”).
Leaked documents from TfL poured cold water over the prospect of driverless trains. They concluded there was no financial case because because of the very high up-front infrastructure costs.
Similar: throw cold water on
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