wash away

phrasal verb

washed away; washing away; washes away

1

: to carry (something) away by the movement of water

The bridge was washed away by flooding last year.

2

: to get rid of (something, such as unhappy or unpleasant thoughts) completely

Take a vacation to wash away your troubles.

Examples of wash away in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Then a light rainstorm caught the dust — and ended before clean rain could wash away the dirty What to do: A subsequent rainstorm typically won't be enough to rinse away the mud drops. —Erin Alberty, Axios, 3 Mar. 2025

To see every neighbor washed away, and have nobody to invite over to our gorgeous apartment—and then, on top of that, to be turned into trees! —Hannah Gold, Harper's Magazine, 19 Feb. 2025

Now, the community is trying to ensure that it isn’t washed away amid gentrification and economic shifts. —Sara Miller Llana, The Christian Science Monitor, 14 Feb. 2025

Without vegetation to anchor it, topsoil – critical for plant growth – washes away during rainfall or is blown away by winds, taking with it vital nutrients. —Narcisa Pricope, The Conversation, 10 Feb. 2025

Rhymes for wash away

• aaa
• adonais
• alleyway
• alumnae
• anime
• anyway
• arete
• attache
• baa
• beaujolais
• bouvier
• breakaway