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Synonyms for wash down
Grammar : Verb |
Spell : wosh, wawsh |
Phonetic Transcription : wɒʃ, wɔʃ |
Top 10 synonyms for wash down Other synonyms for the word wash down
- bend the elbow
- bolt
- booze
- chugalug
- consume
- dispatch
- dispose
- dissipate
- down
- drain
- drop
- gargle
- guzzle
- hit the bottle
- imbibe
- indulge
- ingurgitate
- irrigate
- lap
- liquor up
- nip
- partake of
- pull on
- put away
- quaff
- sip
- slosh
- slurp
- soak up
- sop
- sponge
- suck
- sup
- swallow
- swig
- swill
- take
- tank up
- thirst
- tipple
- toast
- toss
- toss off
- wet one's whistle
- wet whistle
- wolf
Définition of wash down
Origin :- late Old English wæsc "act of washing" (see wash (v.)). Meaning "clothes set aside to be washed" is attested from 1789; meaning "thin coat of paint" is recorded from 1690s; sense of "land alternately covered and exposed by the sea" is recorded from mid-15c.
- As in swallow : verb consume
- As in sup : verb drink
- As in tank up : verb drink
- As in drink : verb take in liquid
- The rain might wash down some of the rocks forming the roof.
- Extract from : « Dave Porter in the Gold Fields » by Edward Stratemeyer
- I pray you do not drink to wash down food: a bad habit of most of us.
- Extract from : « Intestinal Ills » by Alcinous Burton Jamison
- Afterguard, muster your buckets and brushes and wash down the decks.
- Extract from : « The Rover's Secret » by Harry Collingwood
- I helped myself to two or three glasses of wine to wash down the food.
- Extract from : « Dick Cheveley » by W. H. G. Kingston
- And now, my pretty Mabel, have you never a cup of ale to wash down the pie?
- Extract from : « Windsor Castle » by William Harrison Ainsworth
- English tea is good to eat—that is to mix with, and wash down your muffins.
- Extract from : « A Summer's Outing » by Carter H. Harrison
- But to wash down these substantial viands there was little save ale.
- Extract from : « Cakes & Ale » by Edward Spencer
- Get me a flagon of canary, and we will wash down the remains of the pasty.
- Extract from : « The House of Walderne » by A. D. Crake
- I must have something to wash down all these gnawing thoughts.
- Extract from : « Ghosts » by Henrik Ibsen
- At last it was broad day, and an order was given to wash down the decks.
- Extract from : « Redburn. His First Voyage » by Herman Melville
Antonyms for wash down
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