wash someone or something up

wash someone or something up
wash someone or something up
1. to clean up someone or something by washing. •

Please wash the baby up as long as you are changing the diaper.

I'll wash up the baby.

Sam will wash himself up before dinner.

2. [for water or the waves] to bring someone or something up onto the shore or beach. •

Look what the waves washed up! A bottle with a note in it!

The waves washed a bottle up.


Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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