Phrasal Verb: Wash away: Como utilizar

De acordo com o Longman Dictionary:

to wash [something] away:
1if water washes something away, it carries it away with great force :
Floods in Bangladesh have washed hundreds of homes away.
2 to get rid of unhappy feelings, thoughts, or memories :
My anxiety was washed away.

Assim, existem dois usos:
_ Quando algo é arrastado pelas águas (uma inundação, maré, etc.), que é a definição 1 apresentada.
Ex: The cars were washed away by the tsunami.
_ Quando alguém se livra de sentimentos ruins, definição 2:
Ex: Her call washed away my anguish.

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