wipe down
verb1
To clean the exterior surface of an object, from top to bottom, typically by hand using a damp dishcloth or other cleaning cloth.
- Please wipe down the kitchen appliances.
- The fridge door is grimy. Please wipe it down with some spray cleaner.
2 more examples
- Since. f. A dish-cloth, fleece-cloth, cloth to wipe down tables, or to rub the house.1673, Randle Cotgrave, A French and English dictionary, page SIL SIM SIN:
- "Officially...no comment," Randy answered and he took the damp kitchen towel from Annie and used it to wipe down the countertop of any dish water residue.2013, Mike Gilmore, chapter 29, in Levels of Power: The Legislator, →ISBN, page 160:
- Derived terms
- wipedown, wipe-down