do the washing

Example Sentences

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In all likelihood Jim and Joe will do the washing.

From New York Times • Aug. 31, 2021

I remember one time, we had that many pots and pans piling up, we had to do the washing up in the bath.

From The Guardian • Mar. 30, 2019

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

Maybe Mrs. McGarrity would let her do the washing again.

From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith