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wash out

idiom

To wear away by the flow of water; to erode.


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  1. 01

    come out in the wash

    Of problems or difficulties, to work out, resolve, or become understood eventually and naturally.

  2. 02

    wash

    A situation in which gains and losses or advantages and disadvantages are equivalent, or in which there is no net change.

  3. 03

    wash a blackamoor white

    To labour in vain, especially so as to present something as better than it really is; to whitewash.

  4. 04

    wash one's dirty laundry in public

    Synonym of air one's dirty laundry in public.

  5. 05

    wash one's dirty linen in public

    Synonym of air one's dirty laundry in public.

  6. 06

    wash oneself of

    To stop caring about (something); to reject any semblance of (something).

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