wash down

To drink something to help food or medicine go down your throat.

• Drink water to wash it down.
• We washed down our sandwiches with cold lemonade.
• Can I wash this pill down with juice?

How to use it: wash something down with something (She washed the tablet down with water.)

Common phrases: wash down something, wash down a pill

To clean a whole surface or object with water, usually from top to bottom.

• Wash down the kitchen walls.
• They washed the deck down with a hose.
• Have you washed down all the shelves?

How to use it: wash something down (Wash the walls down before you paint them.)

Similar words: clean, rinse

Common phrases: wash down something, wash down the walls

To make water carry something downward, often into a drain.

• Wash those crumbs down the drain.
• The rain washed leaves down the gutter.
• Hot water will wash the remaining dirt down the pipe.

How to use it: wash something down + place (She washed the crumbs down the drain.)

Similar words: flush away

Common phrases: wash down something, wash down the drain