wash someone out of something

wash someone out of something
wash someone out of something & wash someone out
to make it necessary for a person to leave a place or program; to wash someone up. (See also wash someone out.) •

That professor just loves to wash students out of the course.

The professor washed out over half the class.


Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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