- wash out
- wash out1. Inf. to fail and be removed from something, such as school. •
I studied all I could, but I still washed out.
•I don't want to wash out. It's my whole future.
2. Inf. to have a serious wreck; to wipe out. •The little car washed out on the curve.
•The vehicles have a tendency to wash out when cornering.
3. Inf. to lose a large amount of money. •Fred washed out on that stock deal.
•Lefty and Willie washed out at the racetrack.
4. Inf. to break down or collapse from exhaustion. •The whole play began to wash out during the second act. It was a lost cause by the third.
•Finally, after a long day, I just washed out. They had to call the paramedics.
* * *{v. phr.} To disappear; vanish. * /Do you think this stain will wash out?/
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.