clean off
Example Sentences
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Taking a shower is an opportunity to clean off the smells and stickiness of the day, she said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2025
The waves clean off decaying organic matter that could cause pockets of low oxygen, which can be fatal to pupfish eggs.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 12, 2024
Entire walls of beachside high rises were ripped clean off.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 26, 2023
It's really hard to clean off, according to Dr Neil Stone, leading fungal expert at the Hospital for Tropical Diseases, University College London.
From BBC ● Mar. 23, 2023
I ain’t close enough to hear, but his father says something sharp, something that wipes the sneer clean off Tyler’s face, and then Jack Croft himself looks at me.
From "The Young Man and the Sea" by Rodman Philbrick
