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wash someone or something off to clean someone or something by washing. She washed the muddy children off with a hose and put their clothes right into the washing machine. Jane washed off the children. See also: wash wash something off (of) someone or something and wash something off to clean something off someone or something. (Of is usually retained before pronouns.) I have to wash this tomato sauce off my jacket before it stains it. I will wash off the tomato stains. See also: wash wash off (someone or something) and wash off of (someone or something) to be carried off of or away from someone or something by the action of water or another liquid. (Of is usually retained before pronouns.) The dirt washed off of the floor easily. The label washed off this can, and now I don't know what's in it. See also: wash How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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It has fifty millions of inhabitants, and as the colour of the Filthy Pool does not wash off, they all look exactly alike. Valdez throw away yellow silk, and I take for my arrows so rain not wash off poison. "Watchman your grandmother," I says; "there ain't nothing to watch but the texas and the pilot- house; and do you reckon anybody's going to resk his life for a texas and a pilot-house such a night as this, when it's likely to break up and wash off down the river any minute? |
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