SCRUB UP meaning: Wash hands thoroughly before procedures

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General (14 matching dictionaries)

scrub up: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
scrub up: Merriam-Webster
scrub up: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
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scrub up: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
scrub up: Wiktionary
scrub-up: Infoplease Dictionary
scrub-up, scrub up: Dictionary.com
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scrub up: FreeDictionary.org
scrub up: Mnemonic Dictionary
scrub-up, scrub up: TheFreeDictionary.com

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scrub-up: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)

scrub-up, scrub up: Encyclopedia

Medicine (3 matching dictionaries)

Scrub up: MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary
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Scrub up: Drug Medical Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (scrub up)

▸ verb: To clean or wash by scrubbing.
▸ verb: (UK, informal) To become clean, handsome, smart in appearance, e.g. for a special occasion, especially when it is out of character to be seen as such.

Similar:

scrub, scour, scrab, nailbrush, toothbrush, swab, suds up, rub up, lather up, sweep up, more...

Opposite:

dirty, unkempt, unclean

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