Wash up on
/wɑːʃ ʌp ɒn/B2
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1. To be carried by the action of water, often with currents or tides, and deposited on land, especially on a beach or shore.
- After the storm, debris and seaweed washed up on the beach.
- Many shells and stones wash up on the shore every morning.
- The fishermen found their missing net washed up on the rocks.
- A bottle with a message inside washed up on the island after months at sea.
- Several pieces of driftwood washed up on the coast during high tide.
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