wash away
phrasal verb
washed away; washing away; washes away
1
: to carry (something) away by the movement of water
The bridge was washed away by flooding last year.
2
: to get rid of (something, such as unhappy or unpleasant thoughts) completely
Take a vacation to wash away your troubles.
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Then a light rainstorm caught the dust — and ended before clean rain could wash away the dirty
What to do: A subsequent rainstorm typically won't be enough to rinse away the mud drops.
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Erin Alberty, Axios, 3 Mar. 2025
To see every neighbor washed away, and have nobody to invite over to our gorgeous apartment—and then, on top of that, to be turned into trees!
—Hannah Gold, Harper's Magazine, 19 Feb. 2025
Now, the community is trying to ensure that it isn’t washed away amid gentrification and economic shifts.
—Sara Miller Llana, The Christian Science Monitor, 14 Feb. 2025
Without vegetation to anchor it, topsoil – critical for plant growth – washes away during rainfall or is blown away by winds, taking with it vital nutrients.
—Narcisa Pricope, The Conversation, 10 Feb. 2025
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Erin Alberty, Axios, 3 Mar. 2025
To see every neighbor washed away, and have nobody to invite over to our gorgeous apartment—and then, on top of that, to be turned into trees!
—Hannah Gold, Harper's Magazine, 19 Feb. 2025
Now, the community is trying to ensure that it isn’t washed away amid gentrification and economic shifts.
—Sara Miller Llana, The Christian Science Monitor, 14 Feb. 2025
Without vegetation to anchor it, topsoil – critical for plant growth – washes away during rainfall or is blown away by winds, taking with it vital nutrients.
—Narcisa Pricope, The Conversation, 10 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for wash away
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“Wash away.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wash%20away. Accessed 18 Mar. 2025.
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