wash up
[verb]
Synonyms: go, consume, exhaust, expend, finish, run through, spend, use up

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

wash up phrasal verb (see also wash)

1. British English to wash plates, dishes, knives etc ⇒ washing-up

2. American English to wash your hands:
Go wash up before dinner.

3. wash something ↔ up if waves wash something up, they carry it to the shore
wash something ↔ up on
His body was washed up on the beach the next morning. ⇒ washed-up

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

wash up
wash up (something)
1.
to be moved and left in another place by the flow of water.
Following the sinking of the ferry, a number of bodies washed up on shore.

Scattered around the bridge is a lot of debris that washed up.

2.
to clean the dishes after a meal.
Who's turn is it to wash up?

I started washing up the supper dishes.

to clean your hands.
She told the children to wash up for dinner.

[TahlilGaran] English Idioms Dictionary ▲

wash up something
wash up (something)
1.
to be moved and left in another place by the flow of water.
Following the sinking of the ferry, a number of bodies washed up on shore.

Scattered around the bridge is a lot of debris that washed up.

2.
to clean the dishes after a meal.
Who's turn is it to wash up?

I started washing up the supper dishes.

to clean your hands.
She told the children to wash up for dinner.

[TahlilGaran] English Idioms Dictionary ▲