wipe sth down
— phrasal verb with wipe uk/waɪp/us/waɪp/verb [ T ]
to clean the surface of something, such as a table, with a cloth:
Every night we wipe the tables down before we shut the restaurant.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Cleaning generally
- brush sb/sth off
- cleaner
- cleaning
- cleanse
- cleansing
- decontaminate
- groom
- purification
- purify
- rinse sth out
- sanitize
- scour
- scrub
- sluice
- sluice sth down/out
- sponge
- sweep
- wash (sth) out
- wipe
- wipe sth up
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