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verb

Wash out v. i. & v. t.

To be removed by washing; of spots and stains, especially on clothing.

To be removed, broken, or destroyed by the action of flowing water; as, the bridge was washed out by the flood.

To fail in a course of study or training, especially to leave before completion of the course.

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Etymology of 'Wash out'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Wash out" Quotes from Famous Books

... looked out at the kitchen door with the greatest caution and trepidation before going on an errand, lest the officers of the County Jail should pounce upon me. The pale young gentleman's nose had stained my trousers, and I tried to wash out that evidence of my guilt in the dead of night. I had cut my knuckles against the pale young gentleman's teeth, and I twisted my imagination into a thousand tangles, as I devised incredible ways of accounting for ...

— Great Expectations • Charles Dickens

... crack a few jokes over the novel machinery for working the screw of the Okapi by levers, and in the evening he invited Mr. Hume to a friendly game of cards, thoughtfully including in his invitation a bottle of brandy and a box of cigars, for, said he, he wished to wash out the execrable ...

— In Search of the Okapi - A Story of Adventure in Central Africa • Ernest Glanville

... receive a voice in return. But now, they that are evil follow after their evil devices within, and the servants carry it forth abroad. As thou also hast, O evil woman, come to the purpose of admitting me to share a bed which must not be approached—a father's. Which impious things I will wash out with flowing stream, pouring it into my ears: how then could I be the vile one, who do not even deem myself pure, because I have heard such things?—But be well assured, my piety protects thee, woman, for, had I not been taken unawares by the oaths of ...

— The Tragedies of Euripides, Volume I. • Euripides

... palm-leaf mat of their own manufacture. When mass is over religion is over for the day. After service they make their way down to the river or pond, carrying on their heads the soiled linen. Standing waist- high in the water, they wash out the stains with black soap of their own manufacture, beating each article with hardwood boards made somewhat like a cricketer's bat. The cloths are then laid on the sand or stones of the shore. The women gossip and smoke until these are ...

— Through Five Republics on Horseback • G. Whitfield Ray

... how good-looking you were at a three-eighths' angle you would be grateful to me! You did have such an inspired look for a little while,—before you got disgusted, and began to wash out." ...

— A Bookful of Girls • Anna Fuller

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