hose down

English

Pronunciation

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Verb

hose down (third-person singular simple present hoses down, present participle hosing down, simple past and past participle hosed down)

1. (transitive) To spray thoroughly with a hose.
2. (transitive) To put out or reduce a fire by squirting water on the fire with a hose.
3. (transitive, idiomatic) To calm down a person, or a situation.

Coordinate terms

• douse, drench

Translations

To put out or reduce a fire

• Dutch: uitdoven (nl)
• French: éteindre un feu

To calm down a person

• Dutch: Iemand tot bedaren brengen
• French: calmer quelqu’un

See also

• throw cold water on

Anagrams

• Henwoods, hoe-downs, hoedowns, no-showed, woodhens