all washed up

ADJECTIVE

kaput

Synonyms

WEAK

belly up burned out cooked dead destroyed done for down and out down for the count down the drain down the tubes finished floored had it nonfunctioning on the skids out of business out of circulation sunk totaled washed up wiped-out

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If Wonka is all washed up, as Charlie tells us, why does his golden-ticket contest spark an international frenzy?

From The New Yorker • Apr. 25, 2017

In New York at the end of the 1970s, many people thought painting was all washed up.

From New York Times • Feb. 9, 2017

“When Charlie Finley called me, he said, ‘Personally, I think you’re all washed up, but my manager wants you,’ ” Andrews said.

From New York Times • Oct. 16, 2010

A few papers reported Forsyth's retort that Ross was "all washed up and not even 50 yet".

From The Guardian • Apr. 5, 2010

Decent people everywhere were affronted, and Milo was all washed up untn he opened his books to the public and disclosed the tremendous profit he had made.

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller

all washed up

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