drench

drench in

To cover or saturate with something (typically a liquid). A noun or pronoun can be used between "drench" and "in." You can always count on Bill to drench his pancakes in syrup.
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drench with (something)

To cover or saturate someone or something with some kind of liquid. A noun or pronoun can be used between "drench" and "with." You can always count on Bill to drench his pancakes with syrup. We got drenched with rain coming home.
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drenched to the skin

To be completely soaked with water—usually rain—through one's clothes. Come in out of that rain! Oh, you're drenched to the skin, you'll catch cold if you aren't careful!
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Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

drench someone or something in something

 and drench someone or something with something
to soak someone or something in something. A sudden summer shower drenched them in sheets of rain. My raincoat was drenched with droplets from the foggy night air.
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McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • drench in
  • drench with (something)
  • involve with
  • involve with (someone or something)
  • involved with
  • arrange for
  • arrange for some time
  • arrange some music for
  • add in
  • angle
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Management of staining and galling associated with oxhorn bucida trees in Florida
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The cows were randomly distributed on the day of calving in one of the two following treatments: (1) Drench (N = 32): receiving 40 L of warm water with 500 g calcium chloride, 300 mL propileneglycol, 250 g de potassium chloride, 250 g de magnesium sulphate, 50 g de sodium chloride and 100 g protected choline.
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Football: Play-off spot secured by in-form Southport
GROUNDED: Morecambe keeper Steve Drench denies Lee Peacock
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Eight minutes from time Anthony Peacock was sent sprawling by Craig Barr and it was Graham who stepped forward to send Drench the wrong way from the spot.
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Body Drench "Flawliss" Sunless Tanning lotion delivers a natural looking tan without the sun, and Body Drench Sweet XTC Age-Defying Tan Maximizer with Bronzers is formulated with aloe vera gel, carrot seed and ginkgo.
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As long as the same drench is used, selection pressure in favour of the resistant worms continues.
The sheep that turned
BRADFORD 1 BLYTH SPARTANS 1 BLYTH Spartans extended their unbeaten run to 14 matches - but were denied all three points following a last-minute penalty save from Bradford Park Avenue goalkeeper Steven Drench.
Last-minute penalty save denies Blyth; NATIONAL NORTH
Despite dominating the second half, Rovers looked like they would have to settle for a point until goalkeeper Steven Drench clipped Norwood in the box who got up to convert the pressure kick.
norwood spot-on as tranmere hit back to triumph; Rovers man holds his nerve deep in stoppage time to net his second goal and secure maximum points
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Early in the second half Emms forced Steve Drench into a good save before Billy Mason headed in the equaliser on 66 minutes.
Defeated Blyth pay penalty; BLUE SQUARE BET NORTH
More recently it started to bottle the company's range of Drench Spring Water.
FIRM'S pounds 2.2m TOAST; Cash tonic for Britvic
"The drench was effective to a point but we were having to drench every three to four weeks and it was getting very expensive," says Mr Isaac, of Mynachdu Farm, Ynysybwl, Pontypridd.
Sheep farmer gets to root of his fat lamb problem; Farmer finds that a trace element deficiency to be the main culprit
A cross from Peter Faulds on the right wing struck the top of Matt Hocking's head, with the ball sailing over Steve Drench before bouncing into the net.
Football: Moors the merrier as Southport slump; NON-LEAGUE