wash over

verb (tr, prep)

(of an emotion) to affect (a person) suddenly and profoundly
(of an event) to have little effect on (a person)

Words nearby wash over

wash goods, wash house, wash one's dirty linen in public, wash one's hands of, wash out, wash over, wash sale, wash up, wash-and-wear, wash-hand basin, wash-leather

Example sentences from the Web for wash over

  • After a wash-over (I did not ask for a bath for fear of exposing the lack of one) I went down to tea.

    A Poor Man's House |Stephen Sydney Reynolds