wash over

phrasal verb

washed over; washing over; washes over

1

: to affect or be felt by (someone) thoroughly and deeply

I felt relief washing over me.

Just close your eyes and let the music wash over you.

2

: to appear on (a person's face) suddenly

A look of surprise washed over his face.

Examples of wash over in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The latest wave of mass firings in the federal government has washed over thousands of workers, Including those in the National Institute of Health, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and the U.S. Forest Service. —Fortesa Latifi, Rolling Stone, 21 Feb. 2025

Bacteria emerging from the brackish water of the Ganges River delta are believed to be the origin of six of the seven cholera pandemics that have washed over the globe the past 200 years, killing tens of millions of people, stoking fear and panic, and inspiring novels and movies. —Bymartin Enserink, science.org, 6 Feb. 2025

The same feeling from the night before washed over me. —Allison Tsai, Verywell Health, 14 Feb. 2025

The idea is that as waves of dark matter wash over the satellite, its gravitational influence would wobble the levitating graphite. —Michael Irving, New Atlas, 12 Feb. 2025

Rhymes for wash over

• carryover
• changeover
• crossover
• cutover
• flashover
• hangover
• holdover
• layover
• leftover
• makeover
• moreover
• passover