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scrub down

verb
  1. To clean through a scrubbing action; to thoroughly clean up by scrubbing. (transitive) · The maid scrubbed down the floor.· He was scrubbed down before the transfer.
  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) · The brand is viewed poorly, but we have a plan to scrub it down.
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