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washed-up

[ wosht-uhp, wawsht- ]

adjective

Informal.
  1. done for; having failed completely.


washed up

adjective

  1. no longer useful, successful, hopeful, etc

    our hopes for the new deal are all washed up

  2. exhausted
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of washed-up1

First recorded in 1920–25
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Idioms and Phrases

see wash up , def. 3.
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Example Sentences

Co-writer Dylan plays Jack Fate, a washed-up musician enlisted by John Goodman’s Uncle Sweetheart to join a motley crew of circus acts and con artists for a benefit concert.

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Like a washed-up guitarist, Trump’s so-called “weave†was often aimless and longwinded but filled with riffs that longtime listeners would know and love.

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Bringing in the criminal element, of course, puts extra pressure on the characters beyond the question of whether an underdog will triumph or a washed-up competitor come back.

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The bodies of a couple who set off on a sailing trip across the Atlantic Ocean have been found on a washed-up life raft almost six weeks after they were last seen.

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She hammers the 77-year-old Trump as chaotic and washed-up but says she voted for him twice and was proud to serve as his U.N. ambassador.

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