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washed-up
[ wosht-uhp, wawsht- ]
adjective
- done for; having failed completely.
washed up
adjective
- no longer useful, successful, hopeful, etc
our hopes for the new deal are all washed up
- exhausted
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of washed-up1
Idioms and Phrases
see wash up , def. 3.Example Sentences
Co-writer Dylan plays Jack Fate, a washed-up musician enlisted by John Goodman鈥檚 Uncle Sweetheart to join a motley crew of circus acts and con artists for a benefit concert.
Like a washed-up guitarist, Trump鈥檚 so-called 鈥渨eave鈥 was often aimless and longwinded but filled with riffs that longtime listeners would know and love.
Bringing in the criminal element, of course, puts extra pressure on the characters beyond the question of whether an underdog will triumph or a washed-up competitor come back.
The bodies of a couple who set off on a sailing trip across the Atlantic Ocean have been found on a washed-up life raft almost six weeks after they were last seen.
She hammers the 77-year-old Trump as chaotic and washed-up but says she voted for him twice and was proud to serve as his U.N. ambassador.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from 亚洲网紅露点 Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 漏 Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage庐 Idioms Dictionary copyright 漏 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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