rinse off
A2 neutral separable both
In simple words
To use water to wash away something from the outside of an object or your body.
Literal meaning: To rinse something off its surface — the substance comes off.
Meanings
1 A2 neutral
To remove dirt or a substance from the surface of something by washing with water.
"Rinse off the strawberries before you eat them."
Grammar: separable
2 A2 informal
To quickly wash yourself or part of your body with water.
"I'll just rinse off in the shower and then we can go."
Grammar: inseparable
Usage notes
Very common in everyday speech. Can be used with or without an object: 'rinse off the mud' or 'just rinse off' (i.e., rinse yourself). Often the final step after washing with soap.
Commonly used with
mud soap shampoo vegetables dishes sand
Forms
Base
rinse off
I/you/we/they
3rd person
rinses off
he/she/it
Past simple
rinsed off
yesterday
Past participle
rinsed off
have + pp
-ing form
rinsing off
continuous
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