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Idioms and Phrases
Will not stand up to examination, is unconvincing, will not work, as in That excuse about your sick aunt just won't wash . This expression originally alluded to a fabric that would not stand up to washing but by the late 1800s was used figuratively for other kinds of failure.Discover More
Example Sentences
All the drivel you got in the Union wont wash in practical politics.
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But mark me, Christina dear, this sunlight soap wont wash clothes.
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Buty alone wont wear well, and thare iz a grate deal of it now daze that wont wash at all and keep its color.
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Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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