scrub down (English, verb)
expansion: scrub down (third-person singular simple present scrubs down, present participle scrubbing down, simple past and past participle scrubbed down)
Senses:
glosses: To clean through a scrubbing action; to thoroughly clean up by scrubbing.
tags: transitive
glosses: To reduce a budget, especially by removing inefficiencies and redundant spending; to lower spending to the minimum necessary.
tags: figuratively
intransitive
transitive
glosses: To improve the public image or apparent value of something.
tags: figuratively
transitive
Forms:
form: scrubs down
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: scrubbing down
tags: participle
present
form: scrubbed down
tags: participle
past
form: scrubbed down
tags: past