wash out
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Verb
[edit]wash out (third-person singular simple present washes out, present participle washing out, simple past and past participle washed out)
- To wash the inside of something.
- We must wash out the bins; they are full of maggots.
- 1952 February, J Pelham Maitland, “Locomotive Working on Sussex Branches Fifty Years Ago”, in Railway Magazine, page 83:
- This engine, and the branch engine, were washed out regularly after six days' work by the pumpman (but not on a Monday) the spare engine being used to cover their normal duties on such occasions.
- To remove something by washing.
- He washed out the stain.
- To be removed by washing.
- That stain washed out easily.
- (idiomatic) To wear away by the flow of water; to erode.
- The sandcastle was washed out by the tide.
- 1953 December, “Brightlingsea trains to be Restored”, in Railway Magazine, page 793:
- The railway, which is single track throughout, skirts the left bank of the estuary of the River Colne, and was washed out over a length of about three miles.
- 2020 August 26, “Network News: Shapps orders rapid review of flash flood resilience from NR”, in RAIL, page 9:
- Storm Jorge on February 29-March 1 washed out lines at Dutton Viaduct, Mountain Ash and around Aberdare.
- (idiomatic) To cancel due to bad weather.
- Synonym: rain off
- The continuous rain washed out the cricket match.
- (idiomatic) To lose traction while going around a turn, especially in cycling, motorsports and skiing/snowboarding.
- The rider washed out around that last turn and hit a tree.
- To fail utterly at something one has attempted.
Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]to remove something by washing
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