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Meanings of scrub up in English

Portuguese
esfregar
Catalan
fregar
Spanish
frotar

Wash thoroughly.

        esfregar
        Usage of scrub up in English
        1
        KRUGER, Oom Paul, an Old Dutch cleanser who certainly made England scrub up.
        Who Was Who: 5000 B. C. to Date / Biographical Dictionary of the...
        2
        I'll get some sand and scrub up the spots before I go to school.
        Anne of Green Gables
        3
        Little lady, I expect you ought to scrub up, too.
        Swan Song
        4
        Has he been quietly moving through the heartland to scrub up on his popular slang?
        The Irish Times
        5
        I'll try to scrub up the picnic table.
        Do you take this rebel?
        6
        But occasionally during operations some of his colleagues query why he even bothers to scrub up.
        The Irish Times
        7
        I'll go scrub up, if you'll excuse me.
        Dick Hamilton's Airship; Or, A Young Millionaire in the Clouds
        8
        I can scrub up quite well too.
        The Guardian
        9
        While the paparazzi weren't out getting pics, footy stars showed they can still scrub up pretty well.
        News.com.au
        10
        Hunters told to scrub up But with the discovery of PTA the partners are facing a new challenge.
        Radio NZ
        11
        Just then a harried surgeon flashed into the room and began to scrub up at a nearby sink.
        Gods go begging
        12
        THEY scrub up well, these journos.
        The Irish Times
        13
        A combination might also help scrub up some messy governance that includes a multitude of groups with varying oversight.
        Reuters
        14
        I watched her being put to sleep and then went into the corner of the theatre to scrub up.
        The Guardian
        15
        Will the hunters scrub up?
        Radio NZ
        16
        But however well we scrub up this festive season, we're unlikely to present as singular an appearance as this extraordinary lady.
        The Irish Times
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        Translations for scrub up
        Portuguese
        esfregar
        Scrub up through the time
        Scrub up across language varieties
        United Kingdom
        Common