Wash the dog

What you do when there has been a family row and you slip away.

My sister and husband were having a rough time so I slipped away to wash the dog.

by Mad Dan (Leicester) March 21, 2020

Washing the dog

Washing the dog is a euphemism for when you do something every day that you don’t want to do, but you do because you know it’s the right/responsible thing to do.

I really don’t want to go to work today, it’s like washing the dog to me

by anonymous June 28, 2022

Wash the Dog

Secret code for masturbation.

"What are you going to do tonight?"
"Uh, you know... I'm gonna go Wash the Dog."

by DrDirtea September 6, 2016