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washes up

verb as in run through

verb as in finish

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After being separated from his family, the talented rat, named Remy, eventually washes up in the Mecca of haute cuisine, Paris.

Commerce now washes up to its walls and practically engulfs it.

Why, a tide that washes up to a wayfarer's feet a pair o' chaparejos like that—well!

Thence the welter of waters washes up wan to welkin when winds bestir evil storms, and air grows dusk, and the heavens weep.

After lunch the maid clears and washes up and tidies the kitchen.

In front of these houses there is a terrace-wall, that separates the garden-ground from the Elbe, which washes up against it.

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On this page you'll find 290 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to washes up, such as: blow, consume, dissipate, exhaust, expend, and finish.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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