rinse sth out
— phrasal verb with rinse uk/rɪns/us/rɪns/verb [ I or T ]
to quickly wash the inside of something with clean water:
I'll just rinse these glasses out and leave them to dry.
She rinses out her mouth every morning to prevent bad breath.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Cleaning generally
- brush sb/sth off
- cleaner
- cleaning
- cleanse
- cleansing
- decontaminate
- groom
- purification
- purify
- sanitize
- scour
- scrub
- sluice
- sluice sth down/out
- sponge
- spring-clean
- sweep
- wipe
- wipe sth down
- wipe sth up
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