wash out

Meaning

1. 1

   to be removed from clothes by washing

   These ink stains won't wash out.

2. 2

   wash sth out

   to wash the inside of sth to remove dirt, etc.

   to wash out empty bottles

3. 3

   wash sth out

   to remove a substance from sth by washing

   Wash the dye out with shampoo.

4. 4

   wash sth out

   to make a game, an event, etc. end early or prevent it from starting

   The game was completely washed out.

In the movies · 6

• This won't be so bad once we get her washed out.The Grapes of Wrath1940
• - Will it wash out, Elizabeth? - Yes. It isn't bad.Sabrina1954
• ...with a nail gun after he washed out from pro hockey.The Town2010
• It doesn't wash out. The smell never goes away.Children of Men2006
• Yes. I think I'll go upstairs and wash out these shells.Local Hero1983
• It's to wash the taste out.Deadpool2016
• Grigory, what's the typical wash-out for urine to go to negative from a full treatment of testosterone?Icarus2017
• And the next thing I saw, she's washed out the den, barely alive.My Octopus Teacher2020

Learn it in full scenes

• Sabrina1954
  • Linus Saves Sabrina in the Garage
  • Linus Reads Sabrina's Letters
  • Sabrina's Soufflé Gives Her Away
• The Town2010
  • The Crew Learns the Hostage's Address
  • FBI Explains the Charlestown Trade
  • Krista Shows Up at the Bar

From the same entry

• wash your dirty linen in public
• wash your hands of
• won't wash
• wash away
• wash down
• wash off
• wash off
• wash over
• wash up
• wash up
• it will come out in the wash