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pour cold water on

verbverified·updated Jun 3, 2026

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be discouraging or negative about

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Variants

5 surface forms

synonym: throw cold water on
pasttense: poured cold water on
presentparticiple: pouring cold water on
thirdpersonsingular: pours cold water on
pastparticiple: poured cold water on

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