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swabbed down

swabbed down is the simple past and past participle of swab down.

Meaning of swab down

Verb

swab down (third-person singular simple present swabs down, present participle swabbing down, simple past and past participle swabbed down)

  1. (transitive) To clean (something, especially the deck of a ship) with a sponge or similarly absorbent material.

Questions about swabbed down

What is swabbed down the simple past and past participle of?
Swabbed down is the simple past and past participle of swab down.

Words near swabbed down in the dictionary

  1. swab hitch
  2. swab hitches
  3. swab jockey
  4. swab jockeys
  5. swabbed
  6. swabbed down
  7. swabber
  8. swabbers
  9. swabbie
  10. swabbies
  11. swabbing

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