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