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it's a wash

it's about even; the two things under consideration can't be meaningfully differentiated in terms of value.
flying is more expensive and less comfortable but taking the train is much slower, so it's a wash
by vfvfvfvf November 24, 2016
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wash

A failure, a complate waste of time.
I just got back from Walwart, what a wash!
by Jack Debian February 2, 2005
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washed

What one feels the day after getting completely stoned. One feels tired, lazy, and even the slightest movement requires immense effort due to the amount of tiredness. Some feel recurrences of their high when they're washed.
"dude, i cant go to her house, im waay too washed."
by John November 23, 2003
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in the wash

The outcome following a process or event.
It'll all work out in the wash
by M Burgess August 10, 2007
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Wash

Wash means when someone beat the shot out of someone & knocks them off their feet.
He just got washed by RJ and got Knock out.
by light skin boy May 17, 2014
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washed

so fucking high you are pretty much dead. Usually comes at the end of the high and results in sleep
no man, im too washed. i got to go home.
by jenn June 30, 2003
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it's a wash

A saying meaning "it's a wasted effort" or "all is lost".

Possibly a reference to King John of England who lost his Crown Jewels and everything in his baggage train while attempting to take a shortcut across the Wash, which is an estuary in northeast England that floods. His baggage train was partway across it when the tide came in and lives and treasure were lost.
After waiting hours for their favorite celebrity to emerge from the backstage door, the girls gave up. "It's a wash; he's already gone out some other way."
by SummerWren September 11, 2011
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