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sponge down

verb

  1. to wipe clean with a damp sponge or cloth
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


noun

  1. the act or instance of sponging down
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Example Sentences

Dr. Jay has studied the body’s responses to sitting near an electric fan, wearing wetted clothing and sponging down with water.

It seemed inconceivable that anyone would wish to return to sponge down the car, repair the windows and begin to live here again.

In Yang’s game, you sponge down a man in the public shower while he rates you on your performance.

Skies were cloudy as Justify was led out of the barn and sponged down under the watchful eye of trainer Bob Baffert.

One shows Ms. Chang standing thigh deep in frigid gray water, sponging down a dead whale found washed up on an island off Newfoundland.

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