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| wash out |
become clean, clean up
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"Will this stain wash out?" "Yes, if you use bleach."
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| wash-out |
(See a wash-out)
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| wash your hands of it |
not be involved anymore, withdraw from a project
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If you don't believe in the union, wash your hands of it.
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| washed up |
ruined, unable to continue in business
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I can't believe Max is washed up. He was a successful businessman.
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| wasn't born yesterday |
wise from experience, been around
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Pat can survive in the workplace. She wasn't born yesterday.
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| WASP |
White Anglo-Saxon Protestant
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Don's a WASP and I'm a WASP, but we have different beliefs.
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| waste no time |
hurry to do it, do not delay
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After the meeting, I left. I wasted no time leaving that dirty city.
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| waste not, want not |
if you do not waste, you will not be needy
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Melinda's motto is Waste Not, Want Not. She's very efficient.
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| wasted |
drugged, natural high, stoned
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He acts weird when he's wasted. Drugs do strange things to him.
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| wasted |
badly injured, bruised, beat up
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Tom was wasted by the C-Train Gang. He's in the hospital.
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