VERB
- wear away
-
manually manipulate (someone's body), usually for medicinal or relaxation purposes
She rubbed down her child with a sponge
How To Use rub down In A Sentence
- Rub down with fine wire wool. Times, Sunday Times
- Use them to help scrub down grubby bathroom tiles and really get to the gritty bits. The Sun
- Trainers rub down an athlete after hard exercise.
- We scrub down our kitchens and bathrooms with antimicrobial cleansers, make sure to cook our hamburgers thoroughly and swallow antibiotics to treat strep throat infections.
- Imagine paying a little money for a clean towel and a piece of soap, entering the men's or women's half of the establishment and stripping absolutely starkers for a scrub down, sauna and soak with the neighbours.
- The players paused to rub down between games.
- To do this take a piece of jaconet and pin it out flat on the board, then evenly paste the back of the map with thin paste in which there are no lumps, and lay it on the linen, rub down through blotting-paper, and leave to dry. Bookbinding, and the Care of Books A handbook for Amateurs, Bookbinders & Librarians
- Keep a wire brush handy for this purpose and rub down the grill after finishing your cooking.
- Use them to help scrub down grubby bathroom tiles and really get to the gritty bits. The Sun
- Rub down with fine abrasive paper.