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Meaning in simple English, pronunciation and examples
Pronunciation: US /ˌwɑʃ ˈʌp/ · UK /ˌwɒʃ ˈʌp/
wash up means: To clean the plates, cups, and other things used for cooking or eating.
verb
To clean the plates, cups, and other things used for cooking or eating.
- I will wash up after dinner.
- She washed up the cups while I dried them.
- Who is going to wash up tonight?
To wash your hands or face, often before eating.
- Go and wash up before lunch.
- He washed up after working in the garden.
- Have you washed up for dinner yet?
To be carried by water onto a beach or other land.
- Seaweed washes up here every day.
- An empty boat washed up on the shore.
- What else might wash up after the storm?
If water does this, it carries something onto a beach or other land.
- The tide washes up wood.
- Yesterday, the waves washed up hundreds of plastic bottles.
- A storm washed the boat up on the shore.
To arrive somewhere, often unexpectedly or after moving from place to place.
- How did you wash up here?
- She washed up in a small town in Spain.
- After several failed jobs, he washed up at our office.
To hit someone hard several times and hurt them.
- They threatened to wash him up.
- Two men washed him up outside the club.
- He said the gang would wash me up if I returned.
Questions about wash up
What does wash up mean?
To clean the plates, cups, and other things used for cooking or eating.
What is wash up in other languages?
Türkçe: bulaşık yıkamak · Español: lavar los platos · Français: faire la vaisselle · Deutsch: abwaschen · Italiano: lavare i piatti · 日本語: 皿を洗う
How do you pronounce wash up?
In American English /ˌwɑʃ ˈʌp/; in British English /ˌwɒʃ ˈʌp/.
How do you use wash up in a sentence?
I will wash up after dinner. She washed up the cups while I dried them.
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