throw a wet blanket on

verb

To discredit; to spoil or disparage.

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Meanings

verbthrow a wet blanket on (third-person singular simple present throws a wet blanket on, present participle throwing a wet blanket on, simple past threw a wet blanket on, past participle thrown a wet blanket on)

present singular third person throws a wet blanket on · participle present throwing a wet blanket on · past threw a wet blanket on · participle past thrown a wet blanket on

  1. idiomaticslangTo discredit; to spoil or disparage.

    “Supplies have risen dramatically as a result of that higher acreage but demand has stayed sluggish,” said Michael Magdovitz, senior commodity analyst at Rabobank. This had thrown a “wet blanket” on corn.

    2023 December 2, Susannah Savage, “Corn’s sharp decline proves a bonanza for hedge funds”, in FT Weekend (Companies & Markets section), London: The Financial Times Ltd., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 15
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APA

throw a wet blanket on. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/throw%20a%20wet%20blanket%20on

MLA

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “throw a wet blanket on,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/throw%20a%20wet%20blanket%20on.

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