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do the dishes

verb

wash dishes

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I cook and my husband washes up after dinner

• Syn: ↑wash up

• Derivationally related forms: ↑washup (for: ↑wash up)

• Hypernyms: ↑clean, ↑make clean

• Verb Frames:

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Somebody ——s

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do the dishes (informal)

To wash the dishes, cutlery, etc used in a meal

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Main Entry: ↑dish

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ˌwash ˈup derived

1. (BrE) (also do the dishes NAmE, BrE) to wash plates, glasses, etc. after a meal

related noun ↑washing-up

2. (NAmE) to wash your face and hands

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Go and get washed up.

Main entry: ↑wash_derived

Useful english dictionary. 2012.