I've tried to help them and they won't listen to me, so I'm 'washing my hands of' the whole mess.
She forgot to 'put the washing out'. [=to hang the laundry outside to dry]
She was in the kitchen 'doing the washing-up'. [='doing the dishes']
(..) All right. PEGGY: How you getting on in here? Hey. We're done here. Fixed the closet door, too. And if you'd like, I could take a look at the washing machine. No, I couldn't ask you to do that. It's a disaster down there. Come on. How bad can it be? Oh. Bloody hell. (..)2016 The Conjuring 2