Washed
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washed up — {adj.} Ruined; finished; a failure. * /Harry is looking awfully sad. I hear his business has collapsed and he is all washed up./ … Dictionary of American idioms
washed up — {adj.} Ruined; finished; a failure. * /Harry is looking awfully sad. I hear his business has collapsed and he is all washed up./ … Dictionary of American idioms
washed-up — adj if a person or an organization is washed up, they will never be successful again ▪ a washed up movie star … Dictionary of contemporary English
washed-up — [ ,waʃt ʌp ] adjective INFORMAL someone who is washed up will never be popular or successful again … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
washed — washed; un·washed; … English syllables
washed-up — washed′ up′ adj. Informal. inf done for; having failed • Etymology: 1920–25 … From formal English to slang
washed-up — [adj] finished broken down, come to an end, concluded, done, done for, done with, ended, over and done*, over the hill*, shot*, through, useless; concepts 528,531 … New thesaurus
washed-up — ► ADJECTIVE informal ▪ no longer effective or successful … English terms dictionary
washed-up — [wôsht′up′] adj. 1. cleaned up 2. Informal tired; exhausted ☆ 3. Slang finished; done for; having failed … English World dictionary
washed-up — adjective doomed to extinction • Syn: ↑done for, ↑ruined, ↑sunk, ↑undone • Similar to: ↑unsuccessful * * * ˈ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ adjective Etymology … Useful english dictionary
