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scrubs down

scrubs down is the third-person singular simple present indicative of scrub down.

Meaning of scrub down

Verb

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

  1. (transitive) To clean through a scrubbing action; to thoroughly clean up by scrubbing.
    • The maid scrubbed down the floor.
    Synonyms:
    scrub, scrub up
  2. (figuratively, intransitive, transitive) To reduce a budget, especially by removing inefficiencies and redundant spending; to lower spending to the minimum necessary.
  3. (figuratively, transitive) To improve the public image or apparent value of something.
    • The brand is viewed poorly, but we have a plan to scrub it down.

Questions about scrubs down

What is scrubs down the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Scrubs down is the third-person singular simple present indicative of scrub down.

Words near scrubs down in the dictionary

  1. scrubman
  2. scrubmen
  3. scrubout
  4. scrubouts
  5. scrubs
  6. scrubs down
  7. scrubs in
  8. scrubs out
  9. scrubs up
  10. scrubster
  11. scrubstone

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Adapted from Wiktionary: scrubs down (page history and authors); scrub down (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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