wash down
verb
washed down; washing down; washes down
1
: to move or carry downward by action of a liquid
especially
: to facilitate the passage of (food) down the gullet with accompanying swallows of liquid
pizza washed down with beer
2
: to wash the whole length or extent of
washed down and scrubbed the front porch
Examples of wash down in a Sentence
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If paint is washed down the drain, the plastics can clog a septic system, add to sludge in a community sewer system or wind up in rivers and eventually the ocean as microplastics.
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Jeanne Huber, Washington Post, 5 July 2024
The brothers were handed petite cups of tea to wash down the towering display of sandwiches and pastries.
—Sabrina Weiss, Peoplemag, 2 July 2024
Or, for more casual Southern fare, try Ludacris’s Chicken and Beer washed down with The Varsity’s signature Frosted Orange soda.
—Hannah Towey, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 June 2024
Blumenthal and others urged boat owners to wash down any boat pulled out of any state body of water before relaunch.
—Edmund H. Mahony, Hartford Courant, 27 June 2024
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Jeanne Huber, Washington Post, 5 July 2024
The brothers were handed petite cups of tea to wash down the towering display of sandwiches and pastries.
—Sabrina Weiss, Peoplemag, 2 July 2024
Or, for more casual Southern fare, try Ludacris’s Chicken and Beer washed down with The Varsity’s signature Frosted Orange soda.
—Hannah Towey, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 June 2024
Blumenthal and others urged boat owners to wash down any boat pulled out of any state body of water before relaunch.
—Edmund H. Mahony, Hartford Courant, 27 June 2024
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“Wash down.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wash%20down. Accessed 15 Jul. 2024.
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