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  1. v. To cause to come off by rubbing
  2. v. To clean by rubbing.
  3. v. idiomatic to be transferred with little or no effort

WordNet 3.0

  1. v. wear away

Examples

  • “Unfortunately, Ido Ungar had some old-fashioned ideas and prejudices that would eventually rub off on his son.”

    Simon & Schuster: One of a Kind

  • “Maybe the nanos’ effects would rub off even on pretties who hadn’t taken a pill—just as being around Zane had always made her bubblier.”

    Simon & Schuster: SPECIALS

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  1. wear off
  1. wear away

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  1. excoriate
  1. chafe
  1. rasp

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Words that contain this word in their definition

  1. abrade
  2. rub
  1. obliterate
  2. wipe
  1. moslings
  2. scraping-ground
  1. bark
  2. fray
  1. kill
  2. wipe out
  1. scaling
  2. erase
  1. file

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