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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The most high-tech the production gets is the occasional indoor rainstorm, as if the water can somehow wash away all that violence and shame.
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Dalton Ross, EW.com, 12 Mar. 2025
Hart pitched two scoreless innings on Friday before rain washed away his stats and Kolek and Vásquez pitched in a back-field game on Saturday.
—Jeff Sanders, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Mar. 2025
First, massage a lip scrub into the lips gently but thoroughly, then wash away softly with a washcloth.
—Claire Sullivan, WWD, 28 Feb. 2025
The helmet was unearthed by children in the 1920s after a heavy rain washed away part of a hillside in central Romania’s Prahova region.
—Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Jan. 2025
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Dalton Ross, EW.com, 12 Mar. 2025
Hart pitched two scoreless innings on Friday before rain washed away his stats and Kolek and Vásquez pitched in a back-field game on Saturday.
—Jeff Sanders, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Mar. 2025
First, massage a lip scrub into the lips gently but thoroughly, then wash away softly with a washcloth.
—Claire Sullivan, WWD, 28 Feb. 2025
The helmet was unearthed by children in the 1920s after a heavy rain washed away part of a hillside in central Romania’s Prahova region.
—Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Jan. 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 22 Mar. 2025.
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