clean down

Meaning

1. clean sth down

   to clean sth thoroughly

   All the equipment should be cleaned down regularly.

In the movies · 3

• It's one clean line down the middle. Like a zipper.Speak2004
• Neat, clean, straight down the line, huh?Faces1968
• I'll go downstairs and see about cleaning up down there.Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte1964

From the same entry

• as clean as a whistle
• a clean bill of health
• a clean break
• a clean sheet
• make a clean breast of
• make a clean sweep
• keep your nose clean
• wipe the slate clean
• clean house
• clean up your act
• clean off
• clean out