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won't wash



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Idioms and Phrases

Will not stand up to examination, is unconvincing, will not work, as in That excuse about your sick aunt just won't wash . This expression originally alluded to a fabric that would not stand up to washing but by the late 1800s was used figuratively for other kinds of failure.
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Mere shrugs from Democrats that they’re in the minority won’t wash.

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“If the leaves are still green and the plant looks healthy, the produce should be fine,†even if it’s dusted with ash, “but if it’s scorched, it could contain metals that won’t wash off,†he said.

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This cynical attempt to kick the issue into the long grass won't wash with voters.

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But if he’s shifting his AI efforts out of Tesla, that obviously won’t wash.

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“I worry that if people put on masks, then they’ll think, OK, I’m protected, and they won’t wash their hands as vigorously or be careful not to touch their faces,†one expert told Slate’s What Next very early in the pandemic.

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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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