smooth down
Example Sentences
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“The main thing I worked on in the offseason that carried over today was being really smooth down the mound,” deGrom said of his 30-pitch outing, which featured 24 strikes.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 22, 2022
On top of that, it’s had almost two centuries to smooth down its rough spots as a formalized pursuit.
From Slate • Oct. 21, 2013
“Eleven things that float,” she said, raising a hand to her forehead to smooth down the bangs of her windblown pageboy.
From New York Times • Nov. 26, 2011
Working overtime to smooth down bristling anti-French sentiment in the U. S., the French Foreign Office decided last week that better phraseology might help.
From Time Magazine Archive
I smooth down my white uniform instead of shaking her hand.
From "The Help" by Kathryn Stockett
