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Sponge down   /spəndʒ daʊn/   Listen
Sponge down

verb
1.
Clean with a sponge, by rubbing.  Synonym: sponge off.
2.
Wash with a sponge.





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"Sponge down" Quotes from Famous Books



... led the captive Sponge down street, like a prisoner, by the arm, and, opening the thin house-door, pushed him up a very straight staircase into a little low cabin-like room, hung with boxing-gloves, foils, and pictures of fighters ...
— Mr. Sponge's Sporting Tour • R. S. Surtees
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... salt. Add 3 cups each of white bread flour and 3 cups of graham flour (in all 6 cups or 1-1/2 quarts of flour). Mix well together and stand in a warm place, closely covered, a couple of hours, until well-risen. Then stir sponge down and add about 2-1/2 cups each of graham and of white flour. (Sponge for graham bread should not be quite as stiff as a sponge prepared from white flour.) Set to rise again for an hour, or longer; when light, stir down sponge and turn on to a well-floured ...
— Mary at the Farm and Book of Recipes Compiled during Her Visit - among the "Pennsylvania Germans" • Edith M. Thomas
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Words linked to "Sponge down" :   wash, rub, lave


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