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scrub up

verb
  1. To clean or wash by scrubbing. · I got the counter scrubbed up before moving on to the floors.
  2. Synonym of scrub in (To thoroughly wash one's hands and forearms in preparation for performing a surgery.) · It's time to start scrubbing up for my next surgery.
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I’ll get some sand and scrub up the spots before I go to school.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 147 · C1

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