Meaning of Wash-out | Babel Free

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Noun. [B2]

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“"I thought you was goin' into the business yourself." / "That's a wash-out," snarled Silas. "Don't you talk⟳ of it. It's finished."”

“[Chapter XX] "And what you do, Bertie, is get⟳ out that car of yours and scour the countryside for Glossop. It may be possible to head him off. Come⟳ on, come⟳ on, let's have⟳ some service. What are you waiting for?” I hadn't exactly been waiting. I'd only been thinking that the enterprise had more than a touch⟳ of looking for a needle in a haystack about it. You can't find⟳ loony-doctors on their afternoon off just by driving around Worcestershire in a car; you need⟳ bloodhounds and handkerchiefs for them to sniff at and all that professional stuff. Still, there it was. “Right-ho,” I said. “Anything to oblige.” [Chapter XXI] And, of course, as I had anticipated from the start⟳, the thing was a wash-out. I stuck it out for about an hour and then, apprised by a hollow feeling in the midriff that the dinner hour was approaching, laid a course for home.”

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