rub off

rub off

vb

1. to remove or be removed by rubbing

2. (intr; often foll by on or onto) to have an effect through close association or contact, esp so as to make similar her crude manners have rubbed off on you

n rub-off

a resulting effect on something else; consequences a positive rub-off

Thesaurus

Verb

1.

rub off - wear away                             abrade, abrase, corrade, rub down excoriate, chafe - tear or wear off the skin or make sore by abrading; "This leash chafes the dog's neck" wear away, wear off - diminish, as by friction; "Erosion wore away the surface" rasp - scrape with a rasp

Translations

? rub off

vt sep dirt → abreiben; writing → ausradieren; tape → löschen; (from blackboard) → aus- or wegwischen; paint, gold-plating → abreiben; (through wear) → abwetzen

vi (lit, fig) → abgehen; (through wear also) → sich abwetzen; to rub off on somebody (fig) → auf jdn abfärben