What does 'hose down' mean here?
"She was trying to hose me down. I was radioactive on this issue."

I don't get what she is trying to do here.

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What does 'hose down' mean here?
"She was trying to hose me down. I was radioactive on this issue."

I don't get what she is trying to do here.

Answer

The expression comes from the image of watering someone down with a garden hose, but can be used figuratively rather than literally.

Hosing someone's ideas down is more dramatic than watering them down.

As a casual saying, it sometimes refers to taking someone's money by scamming or tricking them into spending it on you.

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Hi Cyanstar,

To "hose someone down" means literally to make them wet using a garden hose!

Here's a picture of two people being "hosed down" :)
https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-local-fire-department-officers-hose-down-tough-mudder-participants-38409645.html

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