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boning (fish or meat)
  1. 1 boning (fish or meat), deboning
  2. 2 watering down (a plan, bill, etc.), dilution, emasculation
  3. 3 taking the backbone out of, weakening
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Mastered counts as known everywhere (frontier, map, extension) but never appears in the quiz again. New wipes the review history for this item.

· examples

  • His proposal has been watered down.

    sense 2 · watering down (a plan, bill, etc.)

  • The bill was eviscerated before being passed by the legislature.

    sense 2 · watering down (a plan, bill, etc.)

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