wash down

verb

1. to wash completely, esp from top to bottom

2. to take drink with or after (food or another drink)

Idioms and Phrases

Clean by washing from top to bottom, as in He always washes down the walls before painting . [Second half of 1800s]

Drink a liquid after eating food or taking medicine, as in He washed down the pills with a glass of water . [c. 1600]

Related Words

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• guzzle 
• inhale 
• quaff 
• sip 
• slurp 
• suck