won't wash

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

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

“I worry that if people put on masks, then they’ll think, OK, I’m protected, and they won’t wash their hands as vigorously or be careful not to touch their faces,” one expert told Slate’s What Next very early in the pandemic.

Mason Mount fan 'won't wash or sell shirt'

For serious tax analysts, this argument won’t wash: One rationale for the preferential rate on capital gains, after all, is to compensate for inflation.