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Discover LudwigThe phrase "are washed down" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe the action of something being cleaned or removed, often with the help of a liquid, such as water.
Example: "After the storm, the streets were muddy, but they were quickly washed down by the heavy rain."
Alternatives: "are cleaned off" or "are rinsed away".
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Vast quantities of alluvial silt are washed down from the crumbling Himalayas by these mighty rivers.
Koeksisters, sweet sticky doughnuts sprinkled with desiccated coconut, are washed down with redbush tea for afters.
Less delectably, the meals are washed down with water from the only available reserve - the hotel pool.
The delicious sandwiches are washed down with the bar's own label albarinho wine, which is light and apple-crisp.
Local specialities such as pecorino cheese, truffles and garlic-roast pork are washed down with carafes of regional wine.
The cold dishes are washed down with a little vodka to ease sore heads, and before you know it, the warm dishes start appearing and the party resumes with more music, food and dancing.
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They are washing down the Bronx River "from people's yards in Westchester or parkland in Westchester," she said.
It is washed down with nacho chips and liquid cheese.
It was washed down with a Rainier (Wolfcastle) beer.
Even in Six Mile Creek it may have been washed down from some garden.
Injured protesters with red rashes were washed down with bottled water.
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