Meaning

2 senses

  1. (literally)To clean (something) thoroughly.

  2. To pay off revolving debt.

    You should clean down at the end of each quarter.

Examples

1 sentences

  1. The seaman had to clean the ship down to the copper bolts.

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Forms

cleans down, cleaning down, cleaned down, cleaned down
Base formclean down · to clean down
3rd person singularcleans down
Present participlecleaning down
Past simplecleaned down
Past participlecleaned down

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyclean down
he, she, itcleans down

Past simpleLesson

all personscleaned down

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave cleaned down
he, she, ithas cleaned down

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill clean down

Phrasal verbs

4 phrasal verbs

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
cleanA1cleanerA2cleanlinesscleanlyC1
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