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Wash down Moderate

Wash down has 3 different meanings across 1 category:

Verb

Definitions
Verb
1

eat food accompanied by lots of liquid; also use metaphorically

"She washed down her dinner with a bottle of red wine"

"He washes down his worries with a nightly glass of whisky"

2

flow freely

"The body washed down the river"

3

To help to swallow by drinking a liquid, after eating something, or taking a pill.

Example Sentences
"She washed down her dinner with a bottle of red wine" verb
"He washes down his worries with a nightly glass of whisky" verb
"The body washed down the river" verb
See Also
swallow
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
eat flush
Rhyming Words
own sown town lown mown gown rown down adown known grown frown shown brown sdown coown blown clown crown drown
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