Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Wash out

Wash out , verb, intransitive and transitive

1.
to be removed by washing; -- of spots and stains, especially on clothing.
2.
to be removed, broken, or destroyed by the action of flowing water; as, the bridge was washed out by the flood.
3.
to fail in a course of study or training, especially to leave before completion of the course.