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wash someone out
make someone look pale
To make someone's face look pale, tired, or less attractive, usually because of a colour they are wearing.
Hear it in real life
Does this shirt suit me?
Not really; it washes you out a bit.
That pale yellow really washes me out, so I prefer darker colours.
The mistake everyone makes
Not: Grey clothes wash me.
Say: Grey clothes wash me out.
Keep the particle "out" because "wash someone" does not express this meaning.
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How it fits in a sentence.
wash someone out; be washed out by a colour
Your turn: say it out loud
That pale yellow really washes me out, so I prefer darker colours.
Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.
wash someone out
make someone look pale
“That pale yellow really washes me out, so I prefer darker colours.”
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