sluice sth down/out
— phrasal verb with sluice uk/sluːs/us/sluːs/verb [ I usually + adv/prep ]
to wash something with a large amount of running water:
We had to sluice out the garage to get rid of the smell of petrol.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Cleaning generally
- brush sb/sth off
- cleaner
- cleaning
- cleanse
- cleansing
- decontaminate
- groom
- purification
- purify
- rinse sth out
- sanitize
- scour
- scrub
- sluice
- sponge
- spring-clean
- sweep
- wipe
- wipe sth down
- wipe sth up
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