"spot clean" meaning in All languages combined

See spot clean on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

Forms: spot cleans [present, singular, third-person], spot cleaning [participle, present], spot cleaned [participle, past], spot cleaned [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb}} spot clean (third-person singular simple present spot cleans, present participle spot cleaning, simple past and past participle spot cleaned)
  1. Alternative form of spot-clean Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: spot-clean
    Sense id: en-spot_clean-en-verb-nAeqO~ok Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "2004, Vicki Christian, Girls Just Wanna Have Clean!, page 37:",
          "text": "Spot clean the area with dry-solvent spot cleaner .)",
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        {
          "ref": "2011, Laura Ehrlich, The Complete Idiot's Guide to Quilting Basics:",
          "text": "Examine the stain and spot clean it with an appropriate cleaner.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
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          "ref": "2012, MaryAnne Bennie, From Stuffed to Sorted, page 12:",
          "text": "The cleaning kit will be used to spot clean along the way and to thoroughly clean storage surfaces before replacing your sorted items.",
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