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Wash up

verb

Wash one's face and hands. Synonym: lave.

Carry somewhere (of water or current or waves).

Wash dishes. Synonym: do the dishes.

Be carried somewhere by water or as if by water.

Wear out completely. Synonyms: beat, exhaust, tucker, tucker out. "I'm beat" , "He was all washed up after the exam"

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"Wash up" Quotes from Famous Books

... to hurry and get ready when breakfast is over," said Eleanor as they were finishing the meal. "You girls whose turn it is to wash up had better get through as quickly as you can. Then we'll all get the packs ready. We have to take the boat that leaves at half past nine for the ...

— The Camp Fire Girls on the March - Bessie King's Test of Friendship • Jane L. Stewart

... wouldn't slave yourself!" she said at last impatiently. "What's the old woman for if it isn't to wash up and put in order? and I'm quite certain you ought to be back at ...

— Good Luck • L. T. Meade

... was busy at the sink scrubbing the dishes, when he was surprised by feeling two very competent arms surround him, and a pink gingham apron was thrown over his head. "Mifflin," said his wife, "how many times have I told you to put on an apron when you wash up!" ...

— The Haunted Bookshop • Christopher Morley

... panted, and started to drop into his seat, but Mrs. Bobbsey made him go up to the bathroom and wash up and ...

— The Bobbsey Twins - Or, Merry Days Indoors and Out • Laura Lee Hope

... have to do scullion's work, and wash up dishes,' said she; and they went straight ...

— The Pink Fairy Book • Various

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