| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
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| VERB: | 1. To flow against or along: bathe, lap, lave, lip. See DRY. 2. To flow or move with a low slapping sound: bubble, burble, gurgle, lap, splash, swash. See MOVE, SOUNDS. 3. To make moist: bathe, dampen, moisten, wet. See DRY. 4. To move along with or be carried away by the action of water: drift, float. See MOVE. 5. Informal. To prove valid under scrutiny: hold (up), prove out, stand up. Idioms: hold water, pass muster, ring true. See TRUE. | | PHRASAL VERB: | wash up To cause the complete ruin or wreckage of: bankrupt, break down, cross up, demolish, destroy, finish, ruin, shatter, sink, smash, spoil, torpedo, undo, wrack2, wreck. Slang : total. Idioms: put the kibosh on. See HELP.
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