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wash up

verb

  1. arrive on unknown shore, reach land from water
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Wiktionary

verb

  1. To clean the utensils, dishes etc. used in preparing and eating a meal.

    You wash up tonight and I'll dry.

    I'm not washing up all these dishes.

  2. To wash one's hands or face, often around mealtimes.

    Dinner is almost ready, so go and wash up.

  3. To carry (an object) to land.

    The tide washes up a lot of driftwood.

    The whale was washed up on the beach.

  4. To be carried by water to land.

    Some dangerous chemicals washed up on the beach.

  5. To arrive in a place; to end up somewhere.

    Ron Asheton also washed up in LA, jamming with one-time Stooge Jimmy Recca and Amboy Dukes drummer K. J. Knight.

  6. To beat up (someone).