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Slick down

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  1. 1
    To make hair flat by putting oil, water, etc. on it.

    "His unruly hair was slicked down with water, and as Jessamy introduced him to Miss Brindle his face assumed a cherubic innocence which would immediately have aroused the suspicions of anyone who knew him."

  2. 2
    give a smooth and glossy appearance wordnet

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