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rinse off

rinse off verb: to clean by rinsing.

Verb

rinse off (third-person singular simple present rinses off, present participle rinsing off, simple past and past participle rinsed off)

  1. To clean by rinsing.
    • I rinsed off my shirt under the tap, to get rid of the worst of the mud.

Forms of rinse off

third-person singular presentrinses off
present participlerinsing off
past participlerinsed off
pastrinsed off

Questions about rinse off

What does rinse off mean?
Rinse off means to clean by rinsing.
What part of speech is rinse off?
Rinse off is a verb.
What is the past tense of rinse off?
The past tense of rinse off is rinsed off.

Words near rinse off in the dictionary

  1. rinse
  2. rinse aid
  3. rinse aids
  4. rinse and repeat
  5. rinse down
  6. rinse off
  7. rinse out
  8. rinse outs
  9. rinse-pitcher
  10. rinse-pitchers
  11. rinse-repeat

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