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Verb: wash down  wósh dawn
  1. Eat food accompanied by lots of liquid; also use metaphorically
    "She washed down her dinner with a bottle of red wine"; "He washes down his worries with a nightly glass of whisky"
     
  2. Flow freely
    "The body washed down the river";
    - flush down

Derived forms: washing down, washed down, washes down

Type of: eat, flush