wash sth out
— phrasal verb with wash /wɒʃ/
/wɑːʃ/ verb Definition
› If an event or sports competition is washed out, it is prevented from happening or stopped early because of heavy rain: The men's semifinals in the tennis were washed out this morning. → See also washoutRain
(Definition of wash sth out from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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