wipe down

phrasal verb

wiped down; wiping down; wipes down

: to clean (a surface) by rubbing it with a cloth

He wiped down the counters with a wet cloth.

I wiped the car down with a towel.

Examples of wipe down in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Though many homeowners dedicate part of the weekends to cleaning the home, wiping down a few areas throughout the week is a great strategy to open up more of your Saturday. —Ashlyn Needham, Southern Living, 25 Jan. 2026

Remediation personnel power washed the exterior of buildings, wiped down all surfaces and completed thorough vacuuming with filters to remove dangerous substances. —Los Angeles Times, 23 Jan. 2026

The injured man, 27, was wiping down a Toyota Sienna at Golden Touch Car Wash, on Fourth Ave. —Emma Seiwell, New York Daily News, 21 Jan. 2026

Daily Maintenance To clean the housing of your Keurig coffee maker or other pod machine, just take a damp cloth and wipe down the outside. —Louryn Strampe, Wired News, 19 Jan. 2026

Rhymes for wipe down

• chinatown
• tumbledown
• adown
• blowdown
• breakdown
• countdown
• crackdown
• crosstown
• downtown
• drawdown
• dropdown
• facedown