wash down

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verb

1. eat food accompanied by lots of liquid;
also use metaphorically (Freq. 2)
- She washed down her dinner with a bottle of red wine
- He washes down his worries with a nightly glass of whisky
• Hypernyms:
eat
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- They wash down more bread
2. flow freely (Freq. 1)
- The body washed down the river
• Syn:
flush down
• Hypernyms:
flush
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
- Something is ----ing PP