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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
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Wash the Dog

"What are you going to do tonight?"
"Uh, you know... I'm gonna go Wash the Dog."
by DrDirtea September 6, 2016
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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
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