Phrasal Verbs
- 1(also wash through somebody) (literary) (of a feeling) to suddenly affect someone strongly, so that they are not aware of anything else Waves of nausea washed over him.
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- 2to happen to or around someone without affecting them She manages to let criticism just wash over her.