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Wash away phrasal verb
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Meaning: When floods or waves completely remove a structure, building, etc.
(Separable [optional] | International English)
» Example: The ice cream stall on the beach was WASHED AWAY in the storm last night.
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Meaning: When floods or waves completely remove a structure, building, etc.
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Wash down phrasal verb
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Meaning: Drink in order to swallow something solid
(Separable [optional] | International English)
» Example: I WASHED the antibiotics DOWN with a glass of water.
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Meaning: Drink in order to swallow something solid
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Wash out phrasal verb
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Meaning: Rain so heavily that an event has to be cancelled
(Separable [optional] | International English)
» Example: The rain WASHED OUT the championship final.
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Meaning: Rain so heavily that an event has to be cancelled
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Wash over phrasal verb
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Meaning: Suddenly experience a strong emotion
(Inseparable | International English)
» Example: He felt numb as grief WASHED OVER him.
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Meaning: Suddenly experience a strong emotion
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Wash up phrasal verb
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Meaning: Clean everything used to prepare food and eat it
(Separable [optional] | International English)
» Example: The children WASHED UP after lunch. -
Meaning: When something in the sea or river is left on the shore or bank
(Separable [optional] | International English)
» Example: After the crash, several bodies WASHED UP on the beach. -
Meaning: Wash face and hands
(Intransitive | American English)
» Example: Be sure you and the kids WASH UP before dinner.
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Meaning: Clean everything used to prepare food and eat it