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won't wash

  1. Will not stand up to examination, is unconvincing, will not work, as in That excuse about your sick aunt just won't wash. This expression originally alluded to a fabric that would not stand up to washing but by the late 1800s was used figuratively for other kinds of failure.



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And Democrats have inflicted this same wound on themselves so many times by following this Republican playbook that the blood won’t wash off.

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Mere shrugs from Democrats that they’re in the minority won’t wash.

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“If the leaves are still green and the plant looks healthy, the produce should be fine,” even if it’s dusted with ash, “but if it’s scorched, it could contain metals that won’t wash off,” he said.

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This cynical attempt to kick the issue into the long grass won't wash with voters.

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But if he’s shifting his AI efforts out of Tesla, that obviously won’t wash.

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