where (one) can wash up
where (one) can wash up
A place in which one can wash one's hands or face or use the toilet; a restroom. "Can" and "one" are reversed when asking this as a question. You're very welcome to the manor. Jeeves here will show you where you can wash up before dinner. I got pretty dirty working in your garden. Where can I wash up before dinner?
See also: can, up, wash
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
Where can I wash up?
and Is there some place I can wash up?Euph. a way of asking where the toilet or bathroom is without referring to one's need to use it. (Of course, this is also appropriate to ask where one can wash one's hands.) The minute he got to the house, he asked Fred, "Where can I wash up?" Fred: Welcome. Come in. Bill: Oh, is there some place I can wash up?
See also: can, wash
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
- 1FTR
- drive (one) out of office
- force (one) out of office
- force out of office
- give (one) (one's) head
- give head
- give somebody their head
- give someone their head
- cooking for one
- (one) could use (something)