wash up

== English == === Pronunciation === === Verb === wash up (third-person singular simple present washes up, present participle washing up, simple past and past participle washed up) (UK, ambitransitive) To clean the utensils, dishes etc. used in preparing and eating a meal. (US, intransitive) To wash one's hands or face, often around mealtimes. (transitive, of water) To carry (an object) to land. (intransitive) To be carried by water to land. (intransitive, by extension) To arrive in a place; to end up somewhere. (slang, transitive, African-American Vernacular) To beat up (someone). ==== Synonyms ==== (clean utensils, dishes, etc.): do the dishes, do the washing-up ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === Upshaw, upwash, wha-ups, whasup, whaups