wash away

I want to recall what’s been washed away by the pull of adulthood, what age and responsibility demand that we compromise, that we let go of.

The rain had washed away part of the path and I got confused.

An eye-witness described seeing one driver who had got out of his car who had strapped himself to a lamppost with his belt, to stop himself from being washed away.

But the tide turned in July's election, and they were all washed away.

“That’s one of those that you just kind of want to wash away and get to the next day,” Roberts said.