Timeline for What's the meaning of "water down"?
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| Jun 11, 2013 at 14:48 | comment | added | FumbleFingers | @Andrew: Well, as I said, it seems unlikely to me that most native speakers really bother to think about exactly what (if anything) the word down reflects here. Note that we often hose down or hose off a patio, for example. Probably down because that's where you direct the water, or off because you're sluicing debris off/away from the paved area. | |
| Jun 11, 2013 at 9:35 | comment | added | Golden Cuy | Could "down" be referring to ensuring that dust does not go up? | |
| Jun 10, 2013 at 18:20 | vote | accept | Theo | ||
| Jun 10, 2013 at 14:15 | history | answered | FumbleFingers | CC BY-SA 3.0 |