wash sth down
— phrasal verb with wash uk/wɒʃ/us/wɑːʃ/verb
(CLEAN)
to clean a large object or surface with a liquid:
He washed the car down with soapy water.
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Cleaning generally
- brush sb/sth off
- cleaner
- cleaning
- cleanse
- cleansing
- decontaminate
- groom
- purification
- purify
- rinse sth out
- sanitize
- scour
- scrub
- sluice
- sluice sth down/out
- sponge
- sweep
- wipe
- wipe sth down
- wipe sth up
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(EAT)
informal to eat food or swallow medicine with a drink that helps or improves it:
Supper was fresh salmon and vegetables, washed down with a bottle of white wine.
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Eating
- al desko
- ate
- binge
- binge eating
- bite
- consume
- feast
- feast on sth
- feeder
- feeding
- finish
- gorge
- pig out
- put sth away
- scarf
- scoff
- shovel sth into your mouth idiom
- stoke
- swallow
- tuck
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