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wash away

The gardener uses a hose to wash away the dirt from the garden path.

Definition

Phrasal Verb: 1. To remove or carry off by the action of water or another liquid: To clean or eliminate something by washing, causing it to disappear or be carried away. 2. To eliminate or obliterate completely: To cause something to disappear or be removed, often in a figurative sense.

Usage Examples
  • The heavy rains washed away the topsoil from the field.
  • Please wash away the soap suds from the car.
  • The floodwaters washed away several small bridges.
  • She tried to wash away the memory of the accident. (figurative)
  • The new evidence washed away all doubts about his innocence. (figurative)
Advanced Usage
  • To be washed away: Used in the passive voice to describe something that has been removed or destroyed by water.
    • The coastal village was washed away by the tsunami.
  • Figurative use often relates to removing feelings, doubts, or differences.
    • Their heartfelt apology washed away my anger.
Variants and Related Words
  • Wash out (phrasal verb): Often used similarly to mean removing a stain or, literally, to be eroded by water (e.g., ).
  • Erode (verb): To gradually wear away, typically by water, wind, or ice.
  • Obliterate (verb): To destroy completely; wipe out.
Synonyms
  • Eradicate
  • Remove
  • Eliminate
  • Erode
  • Flush away
Related Phrasal Verbs
  • Wash out: To remove a stain; to cause an event to be canceled due to rain.
    • I can't wash out this ink stain.
    • The baseball game was washed out.
  • Wash off: To clean something from a surface by washing.
    • He washed off the mud from his boots.
Related Idioms
  • A clean slate: A fresh start, as if past errors have been washed away.
    • The pardon gave him a clean slate.
  • Water under the bridge: Past events that are over and no longer important, as if carried away by flowing water.
    • Our old argument is just water under the bridge now.
wash away

The gardener uses a hose to wash away the dirt from the garden path.

Verb
  1. remove by the application of water or other liquid and soap or some other cleaning agent
    • he washed the dirt from his coat
    • The nurse washed away the blood
    • Can you wash away the spots on the windows?
    • he managed to wash out the stains
  2. eliminate
    • wash away all the differences

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