swab down

To clean or wash some surface with an absorbent cleaning implement. A noun or pronoun can be used between "swab" and "down." He has been relegated to swabbing down the deck for the foreseeable future as punishment for his actions. I swabbed her brow down with a cool, wet sponge.

swab something down

to wash or scrub something, such as the deck of a ship. The sailors were told to swab the deck down each day. Swab down the deck!

swab down

To clean a surface with a swab: The sailor swabbed down the deck. If the table is dirty, swab it down with lots of soap.

See also: down, swab

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Phrasal Verbs.

See also:

angle
angling
not do (someone or oneself) any favors
ask down
involve with
involve with (someone or something)
involved with
arrange for
arrange for some time
arrange some music for

References in periodicals archive

Maybe wisdom comes with age, but after cleaning a zillion firearms with scores of products, I've been trying to distance myself from skin contact with the witches' brews I swab down those dirty bores.

TIPTON RAPID DELUXE BORE GUIDE KIT

Encourage your company to have a professional cleaning service swab down the break room in addition to the restroom.

The most germ-infested places you encounter every day -- and how to avoid getting sick

They'll take that little swab down all the seams on my cushion and backrest where a person can possibly unsew it and sew it back together.

Security rules: going through airport security takes time and is frustrating, but knowing the rules and your rights will make it a quicker and better experience for everyone involved

While the threatening pathogen's limited impact and relatively quick departure had most of the city breathing a sigh of relief, O'Brien shuddered to think that it was probably left up to janitors and untrained cleaning staff to swab down the premises where the flu had spread.

It's a dirty lob! Someone should regulate it: ECA makes call for legislation to cover risky cleanup work

Is "celebrity" Dr Christian Jessen sticking a swab down some rugby player's manhood what children should be watching on telly?

Freaking me out

词组	swab down
释义	swab down swab down To clean or wash some surface with an absorbent cleaning implement. A noun or pronoun can be used between "swab" and "down." He has been relegated to swabbing down the deck for the foreseeable future as punishment for his actions. I swabbed her brow down with a cool, wet sponge. See also: down, swab Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. swab something down to wash or scrub something, such as the deck of a ship. The sailors were told to swab the deck down each day. Swab down the deck! See also: down, swab McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. swab down v. To clean a surface with a swab: The sailor swabbed down the deck. If the table is dirty, swab it down with lots of soap. See also: down, swab The American Heritage® Dictionary of Phrasal Verbs. See also: angle angling not do (someone or oneself) any favors ask down involve with involve with (someone or something) involved with arrange for arrange for some time arrange some music for References in periodicals archive Maybe wisdom comes with age, but after cleaning a zillion firearms with scores of products, I've been trying to distance myself from skin contact with the witches' brews I swab down those dirty bores. TIPTON RAPID DELUXE BORE GUIDE KIT Encourage your company to have a professional cleaning service swab down the break room in addition to the restroom. The most germ-infested places you encounter every day -- and how to avoid getting sick They'll take that little swab down all the seams on my cushion and backrest where a person can possibly unsew it and sew it back together. Security rules: going through airport security takes time and is frustrating, but knowing the rules and your rights will make it a quicker and better experience for everyone involved While the threatening pathogen's limited impact and relatively quick departure had most of the city breathing a sigh of relief, O'Brien shuddered to think that it was probably left up to janitors and untrained cleaning staff to swab down the premises where the flu had spread. It's a dirty lob! Someone should regulate it: ECA makes call for legislation to cover risky cleanup work Is "celebrity" Dr Christian Jessen sticking a swab down some rugby player's manhood what children should be watching on telly? Freaking me out
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