"wash with" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: washes with [present, singular, third-person], washing with [participle, present], washed with [participle, past], washed with [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} wash with (third-person singular simple present washes with, present participle washing with, simple past and past participle washed with)
  1. (colloquial) To have an effect on (a person); persuade; be acceptable to. Tags: colloquial Translations (have an effect on (a person)): bite på (Norwegian)
    Sense id: en-wash_with-en-verb-bMOsRPVY Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (with)

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for wash with meaning in English (1.4kB)

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        {
          "ref": "1987, Withnail and I (film)",
          "text": "I: Please, I don't feel good.\nWITHNAIL: That's what you would say, but that wouldn't wash with Geoff."
        }
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        "(colloquial) To have an effect on (a person); persuade; be acceptable to."
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          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "have an effect on (a person)",
          "word": "bite på"
        }
      ]
    }
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