Wipe down surfaces with a damp cloth.

Meaning: When you wipe down surfaces with a damp cloth, you are removing dirt and dust and making them clean.

Choice of Words: Wipe means to rub something with a cloth or sponge to clean or dry it. Down means in a downward direction. Surfaces are the outer boundaries of an object. With means using or accompanied by. Damp means slightly wet.

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Related Expressions

• Clean windows, wipe mirrors.
• I wipe windows and mirrors until they shine.
• A tissue is a soft, thin paper used to wipe your nose.
• Wipe floor dry.
• Wipe the counters.
• Wipe the table.
• Wipe face.
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• The stars twinkled in the night sky, like diamonds scattered across a velvet cloth.
• The stars twinkled brightly in the night sky, like diamonds scattered across a velvet cloth.