wash off

wash off
verb
remove by the application of water or other liquid and soap or some other cleaning agent
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he washed the dirt from his coat

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The nurse washed away the blood

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Can you wash away the spots on the windows?

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he managed to wash out the stains

• Syn: ↑wash, ↑wash out, ↑wash away
• Hypernyms: ↑remove, ↑take, ↑take away, ↑withdraw
• Verb Group: ↑wash, ↑rinse, ↑wash out
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s something

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ˌwash ˈoff [intransitive/transitive] [present tense I/you/we/they wash off he/she/it washes off present participle washing off past tense washed off past participle washed off] phrasal verb
if you wash dirt off something, or if dirt washes off, you remove it by washing

Wash all the soil off before you cook the potatoes.

Don’t worry about the dirty marks. They’ll wash off easily.

Thesaurus: to wash something cleansynonym
Main entry: wash

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wash off [phrasal verb]
1 wash (something) off or wash off (something) : to clean (something) by using water

Wash the mud off the bikes before you put them away.

2 : to be able to be removed or cleaned by washing

This makeup washes off easily.

Does that ink wash off?

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Main Entry: ↑wash

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ˌwash ˈoff derived
to be removed from the surface of sth or from clothes by washing

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Those grease stains won't wash off.

Main entry: ↑washderived

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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