Looking for a non-crappy way of describing someone doing that washing hand motion you do to clear your hands of dust or dirt, but without saying 'washing hand motion'. I feel like there's a good way of describing it, a stock phrase of some kind, but I can't remember it. Tip of the tongue, and it's driving me mad.
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If you mean running one's hands over each other, not when you're washing but when you are distressed or worried that's wringing one's hands
http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/wring-one%27s-hands
It's a bit archaic but how about Lave?
e.g. She laved her hands.
Lave [leyv]
verb (used with object), laved, lav·ing.
1.to wash; bathe.
2.(of a river, sea, etc.) to flow along, against, or past; wash.
3.Obsolete . to ladle; pour or dip with a ladle.
verb (used without object), laved, lav·ing.
4.Archaic. to bathe.
How about rub/scrub/brush one's hands clean?
He vigorously rubbed his hands clean under the sink water.
Alternately, consider scrub up.
scrub up: (of a surgeon) to wash the hands and arms thoroughly before operating.
