wash out
This page is about the phrasal verb wash out
Meaning
If an event is washed out, it's stopped because of rain.
Synonym
rain out
For example
- be washed out The final session of play in today's cricket match was washed out.
- be washed out This year's company picnic was washed out by a sudden rain storm.
almost always used in a passive form, such as "the game was washed out"
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