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hose someone or something down
to wash something down with water from a hose. Hose her down to cool her off and maybe she will do the same for you. Please hose down the driveway. Hose it down.

hose someone down

Sl. to kill someone. (Underworld. From the image of spraying someone with bullets.) Mr. Big told Sam to hose Wilbur down. The thugs tried to hose down the witness.

be home and dry  (mainly British) also be home and hosed (Australian)
to have completed something successfully I've just got one more report to write and I'll be home and dry.
See also: and, dry, home


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The holders also prevent everyone, especially children, from tripping in kinked or twisted garden hoses around the house.
Free collection and delivery of hoses in a 20-mile radius of Middlesbrough.
Hoses are available in diameters ranging from half an inch to one inch.
 
 
 
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