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
• 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]
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.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.