come out in the wash
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come out in the wash (third-person singular simple present comes out in the wash, present participle coming out in the wash, simple past came out in the wash, past participle come out in the wash)
- (idiomatic) Of problems or difficulties, to work out, resolve, or become understood eventually and naturally.
- It may look like a huge mess now, but I expect that it will all come out in the wash as time goes on.
- (idiomatic) Used to say that the truth will be revealed in the future.[1]
- You can do everything you can to hide this, but everything comes out in the wash.
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- ^ “come out in the wash”, in Collins English Dictionary.; see also“it will all come out in the wash”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present