Wash up wash up & washes up washing up washed up washed up

1. wash up p.v. When you wash up, you wash your hands thoroughly.

Go and wash up — it's time for dinner.

The surgeon washed up before the operation.

2. wash up p.v. When something in a lake, a river, or the sea washes up, it is carried by the water to the land and left there.

The police were called when a dead body washed up on the beach.

Pieces of the sunken boat continued to wash up for weeks.

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EXERCISE 30a — Complete the sentences with phrasal verbs from this section. Be sure the phrasal verbs are in the correct tense.

1. I had to break a window when I ________ myself________of my car.

2. Judy was ________________ by her brother's criticism of the way she's raising her children.

3. The guard ________ the prisoner ________ her jail cell.

4. The Bakers organized a nice party for their daughter's birthday. They really ________ themselves ________.

5. My brown socks are mixed with my black socks. I have to _______ them ______.

6. Joe was late to work, so the manager ________ him ________.

7. The forest fire was ________ ________ by the rain.

8. The restaurant manager told the cook to_______ _______ before handling food.

9. The factory workers finished their shifts and ________ ________.