throw cold water on

Idioms and Phrases

see pour cold water on .

Example Sentences

Just as Dodgers president of baseball operations Andrew Friedman did with reporters this week, ElAttrache threw cold water on the fantasy of Ohtani returning to the pitching mound for this postseason.

From Los Angeles Times

By contrast, public information officer Mark Hart from the Arizona Game and Fish Department threw cold water on the idea of reintroducing jaguars to Arizona.

From Salon

The report and its authors threw cold water on speculation that UAE cloud seeding had anything to do with the amount of rain or its likelihood.

From Seattle Times

A new study by researchers at the University of Ottawa throws cold water on the idea that fans can effectively cool you down during extremely hot weather events.

From Science Daily

Its price just as quickly sank after Gary Gensler, the S.E.C.’s chief, threw cold water on the post, saying that the agency’s account had been hacked.

From New York Times

Related Words

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• sap
• slow
• trouble
• upset
• weaken