| Word | Reading | Meaning |
| 足を洗う | あしをあらう | to drop one’s beads |
| 悪人仲間から足を洗う決心をした He decided to 「sever his connections with [wash his hands of] the underworld and go straight. 麻薬から足を洗った He kicked the drug habit. |
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| Word | Reading | Meaning |
| 足を洗う | あしをあらう | to drop one’s beads |
| 悪人仲間から足を洗う決心をした He decided to 「sever his connections with [wash his hands of] the underworld and go straight. 麻薬から足を洗った He kicked the drug habit. |