flush something away Definition

flush¹
verb flushes, flushed, flushing

usually intr
1. To blush or make someone blush or go red.

Thesaurus: redden, blush, colour; Antonym: pale.
2. To clean out (especially a lavatory pan) with a rush of water, usually by operating a handle, pressing a button, etc.

noun flushes

1. A redness or rosiness, especially of the cheeks or face; a blush.
2. A rush of water that cleans a lavatory pan, or the mechanism that controls it.
3. High spirits.

Example: in the first flush of enthusiasm
4. Freshness; bloom; vigour.

Example: the flush of youth

Derivative: flushed
adj

Suffused with a rosy colour; excited or elated.

Idiom: be flushed with pride,

To be visibly affected by it, eg by blushing.

Etymology: 16c: possibly influenced by flash, blush and flush⁴.

Phrasal Verb: flush something away

To wash it down the lavatory.