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scrubbing out

scrubbing out is the present participle and gerund of scrub out.

Meaning of scrub out

Verb

scrub out (third-person singular simple present scrubs out, present participle scrubbing out, simple past and past participle scrubbed out)

  1. To leave a surgical operating theater where one has previously scrubbed in.
    • 17 May 2012, New Scientist, New device lets surgeons check medical images during an operation without having to scrub out.
  2. (literally) To scrub until all uncleanliness has been removed.
    • His grandfather insisted on spotless good order, and the shop had a reputation for cleanliness, one maintained by Frank’s mum, who for years would get down on her knees and scrub out.2020 September 1, Tom Lamont, “The butcher's shop that lasted 300 years (give or take)”, in The Guardian

Questions about scrubbing out

What is scrubbing out the present participle and gerund of?
Scrubbing out is the present participle and gerund of scrub out.

Words near scrubbing out in the dictionary

  1. scrubbing
  2. scrubbing brush
  3. scrubbing brushes
  4. scrubbing down
  5. scrubbing in
  6. scrubbing out
  7. scrubbing up
  8. scrubbings
  9. scrubbird
  10. scrubbirds
  11. scrubboard

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Adapted from Wiktionary: scrubbing out (page history and authors); scrub out (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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