Definition of "wash up"

wash up

verb
third-person singular simple present washes up, present participle washing up, simple past and past participle washed up
1. (Britain, transitive, intransitive) To clean the utensils, dishes etc. used in preparing and eating a meal.
2. (US, intransitive) To wash one's hands and/or face, often around mealtimes.
3. (transitive, of water) To carry (an object) to land.
4. (intransitive) To be carried by water to land.
5. (intransitive, by extension) To arrive in a place; to end up somewhere.
  Quotations
  Ron Asheton also washed up in LA, jamming with one-time Stooge Jimmy Recca and Amboy Dukes drummer K. J. Knight.
  2009, Joe Ambrose, Gimme Danger: The Story of Iggy Pop
noun
plural wash ups
1. The act by which something is washed.
2. (informal) Something or somebody that is washed up; a has-been.
3. (military, slang) A meeting to gauge the success or failure of an operation or war game.
  Quotations
  I found it quite interesting that the players had gone to great lengths not to fire nuclear weapons, even in games that pitted Soviet and Western forces against each other in demanding situations. […] Huge arguments would take place in the post-game analyses or "washups."
  2001, William J Crowe, Jr., The Line of Fire