"wash one's dirty laundry in public" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: washes one's dirty laundry in public [present, singular, third-person], washing one's dirty laundry in public [participle, present], washed one's dirty laundry in public [participle, past], washed one's dirty laundry in public [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} wash one's dirty laundry in public (third-person singular simple present washes one's dirty laundry in public, present participle washing one's dirty laundry in public, simple past and past participle washed one's dirty laundry in public)
  1. (idiomatic) Synonym of air one's dirty laundry in public Tags: idiomatic Synonyms: air one's dirty laundry in public [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-wash_one's_dirty_laundry_in_public-en-verb-aZ1xZFVC Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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