wash away
phrasal verbwash somebody/something away
- (of water) to remove or carry somebody/something away to another place
- Part of the path had been washed away by the sea.
- The rain had washed away the footprints.
Definition of wash away phrasal verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary
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