wash away
phrasal verb
washed away; washing away; washes away
1
: to carry (something) away by the movement of water
The bridge was washed away by flooding last year.
2
: to get rid of (something, such as unhappy or unpleasant thoughts) completely
Take a vacation to wash away your troubles.
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The Knicks played like a team trying to wash away their own skid, and Brooklyn played like a team that never made it out of the tunnel.
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C.j. Holmes, New York Daily News, 22 Jan. 2026
Rain was complicating efforts to pretreat roads with salt in Alabama on Wednesday because precipitation washes away the brine.
—Emilie Megnien, Los Angeles Times, 22 Jan. 2026
The mulch has blown away or been washed away from around the roots of plants, or is no longer protecting the soil of an unplanted garden bed.
—Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 21 Jan. 2026
Fears washed away, cleanse and purify.
—Simon Perry, PEOPLE, 14 Jan. 2026
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C.j. Holmes, New York Daily News, 22 Jan. 2026
Rain was complicating efforts to pretreat roads with salt in Alabama on Wednesday because precipitation washes away the brine.
—Emilie Megnien, Los Angeles Times, 22 Jan. 2026
The mulch has blown away or been washed away from around the roots of plants, or is no longer protecting the soil of an unplanted garden bed.
—Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 21 Jan. 2026
Fears washed away, cleanse and purify.
—Simon Perry, PEOPLE, 14 Jan. 2026
See All Example Sentences for wash away
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“Wash away.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wash%20away. Accessed 27 Jan. 2026.
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