wipe down

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To wipe down is to clean a surface with a damp cloth. A quick pass, and the crumbs are gone.

It is the standard phrase for kitchens, tables and equipment, and wiping down surfaces became one of the most repeated instructions of the pandemic. It splits round an object. The related wipe-clean describes a material designed for it, which is why high chairs and tablecloths advertise it. Wipe out means something entirely different and far more final.

Definitions of wipe down

1phrasewipe downTo clean a surface by wiping it with a cloth.B1
“Would you wipe down the counter before you go?”

Practised in A Man Called Ove, Cleaning & Housework

First appears in chapter 11 of A Man Called Ove.

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wipe down

phraseB1Not compared — the two pools are counted one word at a time, so a phrase has no score

To wipe down is to clean a surface with a damp cloth. A quick pass, and the crumbs are gone.

Definitions of wipe down

1phrasewipe downTo clean a surface by wiping it with a cloth.B1
“Would you wipe down the counter before you go?”

Practised in A Man Called Ove, Cleaning & Housework

First appears in chapter 11 of A Man Called Ove.

Practise this word