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   Washed-up

   /wäSHt əp/

   

   adjective

   • 1. deposited by the tide on a shore: "washed-up jellyfish"
   • ▪ no longer effective or successful: "a washed-up actress"

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   What does it mean if someone is washed-up?

   • If you say that someone is washed-up, you mean that their career or success has ended. He's all washed up, but he still yells at everyone. Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

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   What does 'all washed up' mean?

   • ALL WASHED UP - "At the end of a day's work a factory worker usually washes his hands. From the motion of washing hands after finishing a job came the expression 'all washed up,' finished with anything, which led to its later meaning of a business failure, finished with everything, or anything that has become obsolete and unfashionable.

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   What does wash up mean?

   • 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.

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   What does a washed-up comedian mean?

   • Also found in: Thesaurus. No longer successful or needed; finished: a washed-up comedian. American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved. adj. Informal. done for; having failed.

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   The meaning of WASHED-UP is no longer successful, skillful, popular, or needed. How to use washed-up in a sentence.

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   6 days ago · Definition of 'washed up' Word Frequency. washed-up. also washed up. adjective. If you say that someone is washed-up, you mean that their career or success has ended. [informal] He's all washed up, but he still yells at everyone. Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers. Word Frequency.

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   Define washed-up. washed-up synonyms, washed-up pronunciation, washed-up translation, English dictionary definition of washed-up. adj. No longer successful or needed; finished: a washed-up comedian. American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition.

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   /ˈwɑʃtəp/ /ˈwɒʃtəp/ IPA guide. Definitions of washed-up. adjective. doomed to extinction. synonyms: done for, ruined, sunk, undone. unsuccessful. not successful; having failed or having an unfavorable outcome. Cite this entry. Style: MLA. "Washed-up." Vocabulary.com Dictionary, Vocabulary.com, https://www.vocabulary.com/dictionary/washed-up.