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wash off

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Verb1.wash offwash off - remove by the application of water or other liquid and soap or some other cleaning agent; "he washed the dirt from his coat"; "The nurse washed away the blood"; "Can you wash away the spots on the windows?"; "he managed to wash out the stains"
wash away, wash out, wash
remove, take away, withdraw, take - remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract; "remove a threat"; "remove a wrapper"; "Remove the dirty dishes from the table"; "take the gun from your pocket"; "This machine withdraws heat from the environment"
wash, rinse - clean with some chemical process
wash out - wash free from unwanted substances, such as dirt; "Wash out your dirty shirt in the sink"
Translations
? wash off
vi (stain, dirt) → sich rauswaschen lassen; most of the pattern has washed off → das Muster ist fast ganz verwaschen
vt sep → abwaschen; wash that grease off your hands → wasch dir die Schmiere von den Händen (ab)!


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It has fifty millions of inhabitants, and as the colour of the Filthy Pool does not wash off, they all look exactly alike.
Fantastic-Fables by Bierce, Ambrose View in context
Valdez throw away yellow silk, and I take for my arrows so rain not wash off poison.
Tom Swift In The Land Of Wonders by Appleton, Victor View in context
"Watchman your grandmother," I says; "there ain't nothing to watch but the texas and the pilot- house; and do you reckon anybody's going to resk his life for a texas and a pilot-house such a night as this, when it's likely to break up and wash off down the river any minute?
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Twain, Mark View in context
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