coming out in the wash

Verb

come out in the wash (third-person singular simple present comes out in the wash, present participle coming out in the wash, simple past came out in the wash, past participle come out in the wash)

1. (idiomatic) Of problems or difficulties, to work out, resolve, or become understood eventually and naturally.
   • It may look like a huge mess now, but I expect that it will all come out in the wash as time goes on.
2. (idiomatic) Of advantages and disadvantages, to cancel each other out.
   • The number 12 bus is faster, but the number 17 stops nearer my house, so it all comes out in the wash.
3. (idiomatic) Of the truth: to be inevitably revealed in the future.
   • You can do everything you can to hide this, but everything comes out in the wash.