How does soap and water clean things?

Question

I’m told I wash my hands for too long but personally, it seems to me that to get my hands clean, the soap has to be on them for a period of time and perhaps that rubbing my hands together activates it or something but I can’t prove either explanation so I’m cur

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Answer 1

While some soaps do have an antibacterial aspect, most just make your hands slippery so the dirt “slides” off.