Idiom
wash out
Meaning
To wear away by the flow of water; to erode.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“The heavy rain will wash out the dirt path.”
“Years of flooding had begun to wash out the riverbank, making the trail unsafe for hikers.”
“The ancient inscription, once deep and clear, had slowly washed out over centuries of relentless tides and storms.”
Examples
simple
“The heavy rain will wash out the dirt path.”
contextual
“Years of flooding had begun to wash out the riverbank, making the trail unsafe for hikers.”
complex
“The ancient inscription, once deep and clear, had slowly washed out over centuries of relentless tides and storms.”
Origin
From wash + out.
Key words
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