Usually means: Massage or clean by rubbing.
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We found 20 dictionaries that define the word rub down:

General (13 matching dictionaries)
  1. rub down: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. rub down: Collins English Dictionary
  3. rub down: Vocabulary.com
  4. rub-down: Wordnik
  5. rub-down: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. rub down: Wiktionary
  7. rub down: Dictionary.com
  8. rub down: Rhymezone
  9. rub down: FreeDictionary.org
  10. rub down: Mnemonic Dictionary
  11. rub-down, rub down: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. rub down: Legal dictionary
  2. rub down: Financial dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. rub down: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. rub down: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. rub down: Idioms

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. rub down: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. Rub-Down, rub down: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See rub_downs as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (rub down)

verb:  (idiomatic, transitive) To rub from top to bottom, e.g. for cleaning, stripping paint or massage.
verb:  (dated, transitive) To frisk (search by feeling the body and clothing).

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