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.

Examples of wash off in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Clothing manufacturers no longer must choose between using a softener that is durable but negatively impacts cotton’s natural absorbency or one that preserves the fiber’s ability to hold moisture but also washes off through home laundering. —Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 25 Sep. 2025

Candice and Glenn sent Parker and Madison to wash off their swamp smell, then did the dirty work of prepping and skinning the frogs. —Sophie Hartley, IndyStar, 9 Sep. 2025

But all that protective lotion washes off your body throughout the day, especially when swimming if sunscreen is not reapplied . —Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 4 Sep. 2025

For starters, a gentle facial cleanser should be used at night to wash off sweat, grime, air pollutants and anything that could clog pores and cause acne. —Khanh T.l. Tran, USA Today, 29 Aug. 2025

Rhymes for wash off

• ashraf
• checkoff
• cutoff
• falloff
• handoff
• kickoff
• layoff
• liftoff
• markoff
• markov
• payoff
• playoff