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. 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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