do the washing

Example Sentences

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Joseph: “You do the washing up. I do the laundry.”

From The Guardian • Feb. 20, 2021

It’s almost the same, I cook, do the washing, you know whatever.

From Slate • May 1, 2018

But in the high-altitude training camp in western Kenya where they live like monks, they muck out shared toilets and do the washing up just like everyone else.

From Washington Times • Mar. 29, 2016

“Backstage, we all do everything. We do the washing up; we do each other’s hair and makeup.”

From New York Times • Jun. 27, 2014

“Mia and I will do the washing up.”

From "If I Stay" by Gayle Forman