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Wash up

verb, slang

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Verb
  1. 1
    To clean the utensils, dishes etc. used in preparing and eating a meal. British, ambitransitive

    "You wash up tonight and I'll dry."

  2. 2
    wash one's face and hands wordnet
  3. 3
    To wash one's hands or face, often around mealtimes. US, intransitive

    "Dinner is almost ready, so go and wash up."

  4. 4
    wear out completely wordnet
  5. 5
    To carry (an object) to land. transitive

    "The tide washes up a lot of driftwood."

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  1. 6
    be carried somewhere by water or as if by water wordnet
  2. 7
    To be carried by water to land. intransitive

    "Some dangerous chemicals washed up on the beach."

  3. 8
    wash dishes wordnet
  4. 9
    To arrive in a place; to end up somewhere. broadly, intransitive

    "Ron Asheton also washed up in LA, jamming with one-time Stooge Jimmy Recca and Amboy Dukes drummer K. J. Knight."

  5. 10
    carry somewhere (of water or current or waves) wordnet
  6. 11
    To beat up (someone). slang, transitive

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