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wash up

wash up


verb 
Definition:
 
1. intransitive verb wash face and hands: to wash your face and hands

2. transitive and intransitive verb arrive by water: to deposit something on the shore as a result of tidal or wave action, or be deposited in this way
Look what the tide washed up!

3. transitive verb U.S. eliminate something by washing: to get rid of something by washing
wash up that spilled coffee

4. transitive and intransitive verb U.K. wash dishes: to wash the dishes after a meal

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