"smooth down" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: En-au-smooth down.ogg [Australia] Forms: smooths down [present, singular, third-person], smoothing down [participle, present], smoothed down [participle, past], smoothed down [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} smooth down (third-person singular simple present smooths down, present participle smoothing down, simple past and past participle smoothed down)
  1. (transitive, idiomatic) To render smooth, to remove roughness from Tags: idiomatic, transitive
    Sense id: en-smooth_down-en-verb-GYGIoAYE Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (down)

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