scrub up
Related to scrub up: Screwed Up
scrub up
To wash oneself, especially one's hands, very thoroughly with soap and water. Make sure to get your kids in the habit of scrubbing up before they eat. All surgeons must scrub up before entering the operating room.
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Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
scrub up
1. Lit. to clean oneself up. You have to scrub up before dinner. Please go scrub up before you come to the table.
2. Fig. to clean oneself, especially one's hands and arms, as a preparation for performing a surgical procedure. The surgeon scrubbed up thoroughly before the operation. When you finish scrubbing up, someone will help you on with sterile clothing.
See also: scrub, up
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
scrub up
Thoroughly wash one's hands and forearms, as before performing surgery. For example, The residents had to scrub up in case they were called on to assist with the operation. [c. 1900]
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The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
scrub up
v.
To wash the hands and arms thoroughly, as before performing or participating in surgery: The doctors and nurses scrubbed up before entering the operating room.
See also: scrub, up
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Phrasal Verbs.
- wash up
- wash your hands of
- wash your hands of somebody/something
- wash your hands of something/someone
- wash (one's) hands of (someone or something)
- wash hands of
- wash one's hands of
- comfortable in (one's) own skin
- watch (one's) six
- check (one's) six