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• n  the channel or break produced by erosion of relatively soft soil by water
  it was several days after the storm before they could repair the washout and open the road
• n  the erosive process of washing away soil or gravel by water (as from a roadway)
  from the house they watched the washout of their newly seeded lawn by the water
• n  someone who is unsuccessful

• On June 15, a 43-year-old Wisconsin man drove around ROAD CLOSED signs and hit a washout, according to news reports.
• Fee: $10,000-$30,000 per spot n ENDORSEMENTS He is the ambassador for Northwest Airlines' Seattle to Tokyo route, and even though he was a washout as a professional football .
• Just two years ago Sapp was living in Atlanta, a National Football League (NFL) washout and failed professional wrestler reduced to answering help-wanted ads for mortuary assistants.

• wash
• flop
• dud

News & Articles

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• What a washout!
  The 4th of the July was a bit of a washout this year, huh? Coming up at 5:00, we're talking to local business owners to see how the rainy holiday impacted their bottom line. Some parts of the state are
  July 5, 2013 - WSFA 12 Montgomery
• Rainfall totals for 4th of July washout
  Independence Day was a washout for some in the Tennessee Valley.
  July 5, 2013 - WAFF 48 News Huntsville
• Little Cottonwood Canyon reopens after washout
  LITTLE COTTONWOOD CANYON (ABC 4 Utah) - Traffic is moving again in Little Cottonwood Canyon. The canyon road has been closed for most of the day after a washout sent...
  July 5, 2013 - ABC 4 Salt Lake City

Quotes

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• Pat Riley in Seattle Post Intelligencer
  It was an absolute washout for us,Heat coach Pat Riley said. "We could never get anything going......we cut it to five in the third quarter, and I thought we had a chance, but we just lost our resolve."
• Tim Pawlenty in Worthington Daily Globe
  We have corn that has recently been planted, and there's some pretty significant washout of some of the crops,Pawlenty said.
• Mahendra Singh Dhoni in Reuters India
  Maybe I should go out for the toss whenever we need a washout,Dhoni joked.