wash out

Meaning

1. To wash the inside of something.
2. To remove something by washing.
3. To be removed by washing.
4. (idiomatic) To wear away by the flow of water; to erode.
5. (idiomatic) To cancel due to bad weather.
6. (idiomatic) To lose traction while going around a turn, especially in cycling, motorsports and skiing/snowboarding.
7. To fail utterly at something one has attempted.

Synonyms

wash off

rinse

wash away

wash

🧽

scour

swill

cleanse

rain out

flush out

wash down

bust

bust up

cut

cut short

damp

dampen

debilitate

de-escalate

deflate

depress

devitalize

drink

🥤

drop out

dull

eat

🍽️

emasculate

enervate

enfeeble

flush

foul

gargle

hose down

impair

infringe

interject

intermit

interrupt

launder

lave

lay over

leave off

offend

overwrite

pause

punctuate

put in

quit

renege on

rinse out

scrub

select

selection

shake

🫨

shatter

smash

snag

soften

stave

suds

suspend

take away

total

transgress

unbrace

violate

wash up

weaken

weed out

wipe off

worsen

barge in

pull the plug

renegue on

scrub up

stave in

stop over

cancelled because of rain

crack

devitalise

burst in on

stop

🛑

wash with water

abort

adjourn

blunt

breach

break

break in

break off

break short

break up

Translations

échouer

hinunterspülen

wegspülen

wegwaschen

auswaschen

fiasco

laver

🧽

lessivage

perte sèche

ausspülen

Etymology

From wash + out.