wash away

Questions about wash away

What does wash away mean?

wash away means "eliminate". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for wash away?

Close synonyms include wash, wash out, wash off. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is wash away a common word?

wash away is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.