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wash up

verb

  1. to wash (dishes, cutlery, etc) after a meal
  2. intr to wash one's face and hands
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


noun

  1. the end, outcome of a process

    in the washup, three candidates were elected

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Hundreds of animals have washed up sick or dead along California’s southern and central coasts in recent weeks, in the fourth domoic acid event in as many years.

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His body was found several days later, when it washed up on the beach about 40 miles up the coastline from Dubai.

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Burnt tiny plastic pellets, known as nurdles, have been washed up along the east coast in the aftermath of the collision.

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Clumps of tiny, molten pellets, known as "nurdles", are being washed up on its beaches, including in Skegness.

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Pieces of debris, believed to be from the plane, have washed up on the shores of the Indian Ocean in the years following its disappearance.

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