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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 washed up mean?

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   What does wash-up mean?

   • Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Washed-up definition: done for; having failed completely.. See examples of WASHED-UP used in a sentence.

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   What is a “washed up” act?

   • So a “washed up” act was one that had been “washed up” and sent home. “Wash up” has occasionally been used in a positive “finish” or “complete” sense (“‘I had an idea,’ he explained.? ‘Just came to me, riding back. I think I know how I can wash it up.’? He would write it now — tonight!” 1929).

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   What is a washed-up actor?

   • He is simply a washed-up actor who decides to be a costumed criminal for a living. Residents gather on the beach to throw oranges and lemons, in reference to the washed-up cargo, and prizes are given for the longest throws. Dingoes in coastal regions regularly patrol the coast for dead fish, seals, penguins and other washed-up birds.

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   wash up. 2 meanings: informal, mainly US, Canadian and New Zealand 1. no longer useful, successful, hopeful, etc 2. exhausted.... Click for more definitions.

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   Washed-up definition: done for; having failed completely.. See examples of WASHED-UP used in a sentence.

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   Definitions of washed-up. adjective. doomed to extinction. synonyms: done for, ruined, sunk, undone. unsuccessful. not successful; having failed or having an unfavorable outcome.

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   to flow through, over, or against: a shore or cliff washed by waves. to carry, bring, remove, or deposit (something) by means of water or any liquid, or as the water or liquid does (often fol. by up, down, or along): The storm washed the boat up on the shore. A sailor was washed overboard.

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   If you say that someone is washed-up, you mean that their career or success has ended.