soap down

soap down

To cover someone, something, or oneself in soap. A noun or pronoun can be used between "soap" and "down." To conserve hot water, I turn the shower off while I soap down and then turn it back on to rinse off. Our dog hates getting soaped down for his bath. You'll really need to soap the car down thoroughly and rinse it down completely to stop corrosion from beginning.
See also: down, soap
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

soap someone or something down

to cover someone or something thoroughly with soap or suds. Mother soaped Timmy down and rinsed him off in warm water. she soaped down the floor.
See also: down, soap
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • soap up
  • lather up
  • catch up in
  • catch up in (something)
  • caught up in
  • not do (someone or oneself) any favors
  • identify with
  • orient
  • orient to
  • orient to (something)
References in periodicals archive
And at the end of the process, you're actually using a little bit of water to rinse that dirt and debris and soap down the drain," he explains.
A trick sent me by an Illinois reader is to pour a small amount of kitchen dish soap down the drain at least three times a week: "I was plagued for years with this problem until an "angel" friend gave me the solution.
As reported by the Detroit Free Press, Planet Fitness permitted an anatomic male who looked like a large, tall man to use the locker room where women change, and even the showers where exercise buffs soap down after a workout.
You can't keep a good American soap down, and while a movie version with John Travolta was eventually cancelled, wise US TV bosses thought a revamped series would fare much better.
She joins the league of Bollywood's biggest heroines who have endorsed the beauty soap down the decades, including Madhubala, Hema Malini, Sridevi, Juhi Chawla, Madhuri Dixit, Kareena Kapoor and Aishwarya.
Rather than simply trotting out an extended sketch with songs, Wood has gone quite high-concept and the show opens with the cast of the long-axed soap down on their luck, reduced to accepting roles in a bleak modern opera.
CRAFTSMAN Stuart Eno is hoping to make a small fortune from cutting a top soap down to size.
Grayson's game is based on kicking, yet, given a false dawn by man-of- the-match Bentley's excellent second-minute try, he tried to move the bar of soap down the line at every oppportunity.
(Try liquid soap; it travels better than bar soap.) Once wet, soap down and rinse off at least 100 feet from the bank to avoid getting soap in the water.
"There's a lot of wasted soap because they'll have to clean it out or flush it every once in a while, so you just end up pouring the soap down the drain/' Heun says of bulk soap dispensers.
Lord Brocket offered to soap down a G-string-clad Alex after her Bushtucker Trial on the reality TV show.
Lord Brocket offered to soap down a G-string-cladAlex after her Bushtucker Trial on the hit reality TV show.