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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.

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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. Fantastic-Fables by Bierce, Ambrose View in context Valdez throw away yellow silk, and I take for my arrows so rain not wash off poison. Tom Swift In The Land Of Wonders by Appleton, Victor View in context "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? Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Twain, Mark View in context			warm warm as toast warm body warm over warm the bench warm the cockles of heart warm up warm up to warmed over warn warn about warn against warn away from warn of warn off warpath warrant warts and all was wash wash away wash dirty laundry in public wash down wash hands of wash of wash off wash out wash out of wash over wash overboard wash up Wash your mouth out! washed out washed up washer wasn waste waste away waste breath waste no time in Waste not, want not waste of space waste on watch watch back watch for Watch it! watch like a hawk Watch my lips! watch out watch out for			wash dirty linen in public wash down wash down wash down wash down wash down wash down wash drawing wash drawings Wash Estuary Management Plan Wash Estuary Strategy Group wash fountain Wash gilding Wash Hand Basin wash hands wash hands wash hands wash hands wash hands wash hands of wash house wash houses Wash Identify Notify wash leather wash light wash load wash metal wash mouth out Wash My Mouth Out With Soap wash of wash off wash off of wash oil wash one's hands wash out wash out wash out wash out wash out wash out wash out wash out of wash over wash over wash overboard wash pen wash pen wash pen wash pen wash pen WASH PIRG wash plain wash primer Wash River wash room wash room wash sale wash sale wash sale Wash Sale Rule Wash Sales

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