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to wash away

to wash away

to ward off (e.g. an attack); to fend off (e.g. a question); to elude; to evade; to dodge; to turn aside (e.g. a joke)

to pay no attention to (while listening); to take no notice of; to ignore; to let go in one ear and out the other

to discharge (e.g. effluent)

to shed tears

to wash away; to rinse off

to rinse one's back

to blow along (in the wind); to set adrift

to shed blood

to work hard; to sweat; to wash off one's sweat

to spread rumors; to spread rumours

to forgive and forget; to let bygones be bygones; to sweep under the carpet; to wipe the slate clean

to get a reputation as a philanderer

to sweat and slave; to toil away

to read smoothly; to skim

to rain heavily; to be raining cats and dogs

to cry tears of joy; to weep for joy

to exile a criminal

to forfeit a pawned article