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View synonyms for washed up

washed-up

[wosht-uhp, wawsht-]

adjective

Informal.
  1. done for; having failed completely.



washed up

adjective

  1. no longer useful, successful, hopeful, etc

    our hopes for the new deal are all washed up

  2. exhausted

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of washed up1

First recorded in 1920–25
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Idioms and Phrases

see wash up, def. 3.

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