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redwash

redwash verb: to associate with left-wing or socialist politics publicly to cover up one's true motives or negative impacts.

Verb

redwash (third-person singular simple present redwashes, present participle redwashing, simple past and past participle redwashed)

  1. (transitive) To associate with left-wing or socialist politics publicly to cover up one's true motives or negative impacts.

Forms of redwash

third-person singular presentredwashes
present participleredwashing
past participleredwashed
pastredwashed

Origin of redwash

From red + -wash.

Questions about redwash

What does redwash mean?
Redwash means to associate with left-wing or socialist politics publicly to cover up one's true motives or negative impacts.
What part of speech is redwash?
Redwash is a verb.
What is the past tense of redwash?
The past tense of redwash is redwashed.

Words near redwash in the dictionary

  1. reduxes
  2. redward
  3. redwards
  4. redware
  5. redwares
  6. redwash
  7. redwashed
  8. redwashes
  9. redwashing
  10. redwater
  11. redwater fever

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