HyperDic: rub_off

English > 1 sense of the expression rub off:
VERBcontactrub off, abrade, corrade, abrase, rub downwear away
English > rub off: 1 sense > verb 1, contact
Meaningwear away.
PatternSomething ----s something
Synonymsabrade, corrade, abrase, rub down
Entailed byroughenmake rough or rougher
Narrowerchafe, excoriatetear or wear off the skin or make sore by abrading
raspscrape with a rasp
Broaderwear away, wear offdiminish, as by friction
See alsorubmove over something with pressure
Spanishcorroerse, desgastar, erosionarse, gastarse, gastar, raer

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