doesn't wash
Example Sentences
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Now, they'll say that things are better in the Premier League than they are abroad, but that doesn't wash with me.
From BBC ● Feb. 28, 2026
Judge Watkins said that doesn’t wash, at least for the anti-immigrant label.
From Washington Times ● May 1, 2023
Somehow, that toy marketing argument just doesn't wash.
From Salon ● Jun. 15, 2021
The concept of “post-brokeness stress disorder” speaks to the tenuous reality of upward mobility, and the stubborn shame that America attaches to poverty, something which doesn’t wash off with a newly fortified bank account.
From Slate ● Jun. 13, 2018
"I can't," I whisper, because I've been scared down to my bones and it doesn't wash off that fast.
From "How It Went Down" by Kekla Magoon
