to drink something after putting food or medicine in your mouth, especially so that you can swallow more easily
to wash the whole surface of something
Baxter accepted a teaspoonful of sherry to wash down another antacid tablet and Short declined.
He had a large slice of pizza washed down with beer.
His cider was gone in a flash, so he ordered a second one to wash down a couple of Scotch eggs.
They wash down the choppers with a hose, but they can't get rid of the stench.
Use hot water and detergent to wash down kitchen worktops.
washes down
washing down
washed down
There is no origin for this phrasal verb
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