scrub out
verb1
Government, Healthcare To leave a surgical operating theater where one has previously scrubbed in.
- 17 May 2012, New Scientist, New device lets surgeons check medical images during an operation without having to scrub out.
2
Literally To scrub until all uncleanliness has been removed.
- His grandfather insisted on spotless good order, and the shop had a reputation for cleanliness, one maintained by Frank’s mum, who for years would get down on her knees and scrub out.2020 September 1, Tom Lamont, “The butcher's shop that lasted 300 years (give or take)”, in The Guardian: