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Collocations for wash - noun

ADJECTIVE

good
quick
car (BrE, AmE)

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VERB + wash

have
He had a quick wash and shave.
do (BrE, AmE)
I'm doing a dark wash (= washing all the dark clothes together).
could do with (BrE), could use (AmE), need
That car could do with a good wash.

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PREPOSITION

in the wash (= being washed or waiting to be washed)
Your shirt's in the wash.

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PHRASES

come out in the wash (BrE, AmE,figurative)
This will all come out in the wash (= the truth will be revealed).

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Collocations for wash - verb

ADVERB

carefully, properly (BrE), thoroughly
gently
She gently washed and dressed the wound.
quickly
frequently, regularly
Hands need to be washed regularly with hot water.

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PHRASES

freshly washed, newly washed
the smell of freshly washed hair

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Wash is used with these nouns as the object:
car, clothes, dish, floor, glass, hair, hand, laundry, lettuce, linen, nappy, shirt, vegetables, window

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