An act of drying, smoothing down, or cleaning something by rubbing.
a shower and a brisk rub-down with a towel
as modifier rub-down transfers
Example sentencesExamples
- I chatted with Mai through the door as my jeans joined the shirt and I gave myself a cursory rub-down with a washcloth almost coarse enough to hurt.
- I tackled it with a swipe from my duster and then a vigorous rub-down with polish and a dust cloth.
- South of the border, though, the realism is as gritty as a towel rub-down with sandy suntan lotion.
- Kat wrapped a towel around him and gave him a quick rub-down to start drying him off.