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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a wash up" is not correct in standard written English.
It is often used informally to refer to someone who is no longer successful or effective, but the more common expression is "wash-up."
Example: "After his last performance, he felt like a complete wash-up in the industry."
Alternatives: "has-been" or "failure."
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It is believed the child took the knives from a washing up bowl without his parents' knowledge.
A washed up 46 year old pitcher hobbles to the mound on a walker one season and next season throws 124 mph fastballs.
"The general attitude, from everyone around me, was 'You blew it.' I just had that feeling, like I was a wash-up pretty early".
After a wash-up and shave in the bathroom, he might peruse the 12,000 titles in the library's Reserve Film and Video Collection and select something to watch.
It is now at a washing-up bowl a day.
Washing by hand uses less water if you use a washing-up bowl.
It's why I've never bought a washing-up bowl.
In the end, they were left hanging over the ropes like a washed-up fighter.
Ms Villiers told the Sunday Politics "what happens at the end of a parliament is, essentially, there is a wash-up stage where government and opposition discuss what can be speeded through so that it's done before dissolution takes place".
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To employ a "cleaner" or a youngster to wash up at a bar, an employer must pay a minimum wage.
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