Collocation
do the washing
to wash clothes and other laundry (usually by machine or by hand) as a household chore
Definition
'do the washing' is a common English collocation. to wash clothes and other laundry (usually by machine or by hand) as a household chore
do + the washing
“I need to do the washing before we leave tomorrow.”
Examples
- I usually do the washing on Saturday morning.
- Can you do the washing while I cook dinner?
- She did the washing and hung everything outside to dry.
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- We have to do the washing tonight because we are out of clean socks.
- He is doing the washing, so the bathroom is full of wet towels.
- If you do the washing at a low temperature, some stains may not come out.
- I have been doing the washing all afternoon because we got back from our trip with two suitcases of dirty clothes.
- By the time they arrived, I had already done the washing and cleaned the kitchen.
- When the baby was sick, we had to do the washing twice a day.
More verb + noun phrases
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- make a choice to decide between options
- make a phone call to call someone using a telephone
- make an appointment to arrange a specific time to meet someone, especially a professional such as a doctor or dentist
- make a complaint to formally say that you are unhappy with a service, product, or situation and want it dealt with