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Anonymous Posted 19 years ago
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Butch is inside the shower washing up.
  

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"Butch is in the shower" or "Butch is taking a shower" would be the most common ways to say it. ) "Butch is washing up" would more likely be used to mean that he was washing his hands and face, or maybe more than that, but not in a shower or bath. You might "wash up" at the bathroom sink, or at the water trough outside on a ranch or farm, or at the edge of a river.

  • "Butch is in the shower" or "Butch is taking a shower" would be the most common ways to say it.
  • ) "Butch is washing up" would more likely be used to mean that he was washing his hands and face, or maybe more than that, but not in a shower or bath.
  • You might "wash up" at the bathroom sink, or at the water trough outside on a ranch or farm, or at the edge of a river.
  • "Butch is inside the shower" sounds very odd to me -- it sounds as if he is inside the plumbing fixture.
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"Butch is in the shower" or "Butch is taking a shower" would be the most common ways to say it. (You would assume that if he was in the shower, it would be for the purpose of washing.)

"Butch is washing up" would more likely be used to mean that he was washing his hands and face, or maybe more than that, but not in a shower or bath. You might "wash up" at the bathroom sink, or at the wa

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