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washed one's hands

washed one's hands is the simple past and past participle of wash one's hands.

Meaning of wash one's hands

Verb

wash one's hands (third-person singular simple present washes one's hands, present participle washing one's hands, simple past and past participle washed one's hands)

  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see wash, one's, hands.
    • Be sure to wash your hands before preparing food.
  2. (euphemistic) To go to the toilet.
  3. (figuratively) To absolve oneself of responsibility or future blame for; to refuse to have any further involvement with.
    • Sharp[er]. […] Mony is but Dirt, Sir Joſeph—Mere Dirt. / Sir Jo[seph Wittoll]. But I profeſs, it is a Dirt I have vvaſhed my Hands of at preſent; I have laid it all out upon my Back.1693, Will[iam] Congreve, The Old Batchelour, a Comedy. […], London: […] Peter Buck, […], →OCLC, Act II, scene i, page 11
    Synonyms:
    disclaim, disown, abjure, deny, disavow, forsay, forswear, renounce, repudiate, wash one's hands of

Questions about washed one's hands

What is washed one's hands the simple past and past participle of?
Washed one's hands is the simple past and past participle of wash one's hands.

Words near washed one's hands in the dictionary

  1. washed its face
  2. washed off
  3. washed one's brain out with soap
  4. washed one's dirty laundry in public
  5. washed one's dirty linen in public
  6. washed one's hands
  7. washed one's hands of
  8. washed one's mouth out
  9. washed oneself of
  10. washed out
  11. washed out one's mouth

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