Wash your hands with soap and water.

Meaning: This means to clean the parts of the body at the end of the arms that you use to hold things and do things with water and soap or detergent.

Choice of Words: Wash means to clean something with water and soap or detergent. Hands are the parts of the body at the end of the arms that you use to hold things and do things. Soap is a substance that is used with water to clean things. Water is a clear liquid that falls from the sky as rain or snow and is used for drinking, washing, and other purposes.

Alternative Expressions

Cleanse your mitts with detergent and H2O.

Meaning: This means the same thing as "Wash your hands with soap and water." It's just using different words.

Choice of Words: Cleanse is a more formal word for wash. Mitts is a slang word for hands. Detergent is another word for soap. H2O is the chemical formula for water. When you put them together, "Cleanse your mitts with detergent and H2O" means the same thing as "Wash your hands with soap and water."

Scrub-a-dub-dub those paws with suds and the wet stuff.

Meaning: This is a silly way to say "Wash your hands with soap and water." It's like a song you can sing while you're washing your hands.

Choice of Words: Scrub-a-dub-dub is a fun way to say wash. Paws is a playful word for hands. Suds are the foamy bubbles that form when you mix soap and water. The wet stuff is another way to say water. When you put them together, "Scrub-a-dub-dub those paws with suds and the wet stuff" means the same thing as "Wash your hands with soap and water."

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