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Meaning of wash out one's mouth | Babel Free

Verb CEFR C2

Definitions

Forma verbal. Verb. [C2]

Examples

“My 10 year old son mouths off a lot to me lately. Friends have suggested that I wash out his mouth with soap. [...] I will *not* tolerate foul language, though. I recall washing out my son's mouth with soap less than a half dozen times between ages 8 and 11, He absolutely positively hated it, and so did I.”

CEFR level

C2

Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.

See also

wash over wash up wash with wash'd washboard washboarded