Meaning of scrub down | Babel Free

Definitions

1. To clean through a scrubbing action; to thoroughly clean up by scrubbing.
   transitive
2. To reduce a budget, especially by removing inefficiencies and redundant spending; to lower spending to the minimum necessary.
   figuratively, intransitive, transitive
3. To improve the public image or apparent value of something.
   figuratively, transitive

Examples

“The maid scrubbed down the floor.”

“He was scrubbed down before the transfer.”

“The brand is viewed poorly, but we have a plan to scrub it down.”

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