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swab down

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swab something down
to wash or scrub something, such as the deck of a ship. The sailors were told to swab the deck down each day. Swab down the deck!
See also: swab


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to swab down the entire well to near atmospheric pressure thereby allowing fluids to move in through the numerous fractures from the matrix rock.
of Spectrum 2000, to swab down the entire well to near atmospheric pressure thereby allowing fluids to move in through the numerous fractures from the matrix rock.
 
 
 
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