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RUB OFF

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does rub off mean? 

RUB OFF (verb)
  The verb RUB OFF has 1 sense:

1. wear awayplay

  Familiarity information: RUB OFF used as a verb is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


RUB OFF (verb)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Wear away

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

abrade; abrase; corrade; rub down; rub off

Hypernyms (to "rub off" is one way to...):

wear away; wear off (diminish, as by friction)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "rub off"):

chafe; excoriate (tear or wear off the skin or make sore by abrading)

rasp (scrape with a rasp)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s something


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