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

Take the plant to the sink or outdoors and wash off all the soil. —Andy Wilcox, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Aug. 2025

Others included people who jumped off piers, were washed off piers, or fell out of boats or kayaks while not wearing life jackets. —Tresa Baldas, Freep.com, 21 July 2025

Mount Pleasant requests residents avoid filling pools, watering lawns or washing cars excessively, washing off driveways, letting sink water run and taking showers longer than five minutes. —Nora O’Neill 22, Charlotte Observer, 22 July 2025

Share Texas family reunites with their 'angel' who helped bring them to safety Tom Llamas A Texas family reunited today with their hero who woke them up during the flash floods and guiding them to safety before their house washed off its foundation. —Erik Ortiz, NBC news, 9 July 2025

Rhymes for wash off

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