rub off

VERB
  1. wear away
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How To Use rub off In A Sentence

  • And it was thrilling to see that rub off. Times, Sunday Times
  • She realized the coins were fake when the gold colouring began to rub off.
  • It was also responsible for one of the most unedifying episodes in modern politics, as Labour grandees sucked up to the label's founder, Alan McGee, in the hope that a little of Britpop's stardust would rub off.
  • The lead appears to be in a form that's not easily extracted or "leached" out, so there is less concern the lead would easily rub off on food when the bags are new, the paper found. Some Reusable Grocery Bags Found With Enough Lead To Be Considered Hazardous Waste
  • It did not take long for the glory of our election victory to rub off.
  • You hang around with riff-raff like the Weasleys and that Hagrid and it'll rub off on you.
  • Drain well and, once cool enough to handle, rub off their skins. The Sun
  • Another concept which intrigues and impresses the author is the simple idea of London, a large cosmopolitan city which is culturally dominant, a teeming hive where words and ideas rub off each other and cross-fertilise.
  • The hardier hot foil printing burns the foil on to the leather so that it doesn't rub off.
  • That's going to be a hard one to scrub off. The Sun
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