wash off
phrasal verb
washed off; washing off; washes off
1
: 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.
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If too much of an annoyance, they can be washed off with a strong stream of water.
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Tom MacCubbin, The Orlando Sentinel, 14 June 2025
Blasting plants with water to wash off pests must be calculated to occur early in the day and when there is enough sun to ensure that our plants will dry promptly.
—Rita Perwich, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 June 2025
Two days before the shoot, there was a thunderstorm, which caused the paint treatment to wash off.
—Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 5 June 2025
And Democrats have inflicted this same wound on themselves so many times by following this Republican playbook that the blood won’t wash off.
—Anita Chabria, Los Angeles Times, 7 May 2025
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Tom MacCubbin, The Orlando Sentinel, 14 June 2025
Blasting plants with water to wash off pests must be calculated to occur early in the day and when there is enough sun to ensure that our plants will dry promptly.
—Rita Perwich, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 June 2025
Two days before the shoot, there was a thunderstorm, which caused the paint treatment to wash off.
—Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 5 June 2025
And Democrats have inflicted this same wound on themselves so many times by following this Republican playbook that the blood won’t wash off.
—Anita Chabria, Los Angeles Times, 7 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for wash off
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“Wash off.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wash%20off. Accessed 4 Jul. 2025.
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