scrub down

English

Verb

scrub down (third-person singular simple present scrubs down, present participle scrubbing down, simple past and past participle scrubbed down)

1. (transitive) To clean through a scrubbing action; to thoroughly clean up by scrubbing.

   The maid scrubbed down the floor.

   He was scrubbed down before the transfer.

2. (figurative, transitive, intransitive) To reduce a budget, especially by removing inefficiencies and redundant spending; to lower spending to the minimum necessary.
3. (figurative, transitive) To improve the public image or apparent value of something.

   The brand is viewed poorly, but we have a plan to scrub it down.