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HOSE DOWN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does hose down mean?
• HOSE DOWN (verb)
The verb HOSE DOWN has 1 sense:
Familiarity information: HOSE DOWN used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Water with a hose
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
hose; hose down
Context example:
hose the lawn
Hypernyms (to "hose down" is one way to...):
irrigate; water (supply with water, as with channels or ditches or streams)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
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