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all washed up

ADJECTIVE

kaput

Synonyms

WEAK

belly up burned out cooked dead destroyed done for down and out down for the count down the drain down the tubes finished floored had it nonfunctioning on the skids out of business out of circulation sunk totaled washed up wiped-out

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If Wonka is all washed up, as Charlie tells us, why does his golden-ticket contest spark an international frenzy?

From The New Yorker • Apr. 25, 2017

At one point you describe certain figures involved with the break-in, and you say they had put off decisions about how to handle it “until they’d all washed up where they were now.”

From New York Times • Feb. 22, 2012

“When Charlie Finley called me, he said, ‘Personally, I think you’re all washed up, but my manager wants you,’ ” Andrews said.

From New York Times • Oct. 16, 2010

A few papers reported Forsyth's retort that Ross was "all washed up and not even 50 yet".

From The Guardian • Apr. 5, 2010

Audrey arrives at about ten, all washed up and smelling like clean.

From "I Am the Messenger" by Markus Zusak

all washed up

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