RUB OFF

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Wear away

Synonyms:

abrade; abrase; corrade; rub down; rub off

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

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