wash oneself of

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English

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Etymology

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From wash one's hands of.

Verb

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wash oneself of (third-person singular simple present washes oneself of, present participle washing oneself of, simple past and past participle washed oneself of)

  1. (transitive, idiomatic) To stop caring about (something); to reject any semblance of (something).
    After many years, they washed themselves of her and her addiction.