- washout
- {n.} A dismal failure. * /As far as investments were concerned, Dick and his precious advice turned out to he a total washout./
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
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Washout — Wash out , n. 1. The washing out or away of earth, etc., especially of a portion of the bed of a road or railroad by a fall of rain or a freshet; also, a place, especially in the bed of a road or railroad, where the earth has been washed away.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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washout — UK [ˈwɒʃˌaʊt] / US [ˈwɑʃˌaʊt] noun [countable] Word forms washout : singular washout plural washouts 1) informal a failure The party was a total washout. 2) a) a situation in which the ground has been damaged by rain or a flood b) an occasion… … English dictionary
washout — [[t]wɒ̱ʃaʊt[/t]] washouts N COUNT If an event or plan is a washout, it fails completely. [INFORMAL] The mission was a washout. Syn: disaster … English dictionary
washout — {n.} A dismal failure. * /As far as investments were concerned, Dick and his precious advice turned out to he a total washout./ … Dictionary of American idioms
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