wash up |
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| Lexical unit types: | phrasal verb |
| Topics: | completion |
| Source domains: | - |
| Particles: | up |
| Similes: | - |
| Verbs: | wash |
| CEFR Levels: | A2 | Synomyms: | - | Antonyms: | - | Definition: | (UK) to wash the plates and other things that you have used for cooking and eating a meal (US) to wash your hands | Examples: |
(UK) My mother is in the kitchen washing up. They had to wash up the plates and the knives and forks. (US) Wash up before dinner.
Cambridge English Dictionary: wash up |
Motivation: |
UP: reaching a goal, an end, a limit Rudzka-Ostyn, Brygida. 2003. Word Power: Phrasal Verbs and Compounds: A Cognitive Approach. Berlin, New York: Mouton de Gruyter. |
Slične leksičke jedinice: cut up, tidy up, break down