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clean down

clean down verb: to clean (something) thoroughly.

Verb

clean down (third-person singular simple present cleans down, present participle cleaning down, simple past and past participle cleaned down)

  1. (literally) To clean (something) thoroughly.
  2. To pay off revolving debt.
    • You should clean down at the end of each quarter.

Forms of clean down

third-person singular presentcleans down
present participlecleaning down
past participlecleaned down
pastcleaned down

Questions about clean down

What does clean down mean?
Clean down means to clean (something) thoroughly.
What part of speech is clean down?
Clean down is a verb.
What is the past tense of clean down?
The past tense of clean down is cleaned down.

Words near clean down in the dictionary

  1. clean code
  2. clean coder
  3. clean coders
  4. clean copies
  5. clean copy
  6. clean down
  7. clean eating
  8. clean electricity
  9. clean fashion
  10. clean feed
  11. clean feeds

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