phrasal verb

Wash up

Rank #2362Letter WInseparable

2Sections

Clean everything used to prepare food and eat it

Meanings

  • Clean everything used to prepare food and eat it (separable [optional], International English)
  • When something in the sea or river is left on the shore or bank (separable [optional], International English)
  • Wash face and hands (intransitive, International English)

Examples

  • The children WASHED UP after lunch.
  • After the crash, several bodies WASHED UP on the beach.
  • Be sure you and the kids WASH UP before dinner.

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