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71rub elbows — it s our chance to rub elbows with the company execs Syn: associate, mingle, fraternize, socialize, mix, keep company, consort; informal hang around/out, hobnob …
72rub someone the wrong way — Regina s roommates rub her boyfriend the wrong way Syn: irritate, annoy, irk, vex, provoke, displease, exasperate, infuriate, get on someone s nerves, put out, pique, upset, nettle, ruffle someone s feathers, make someone s hackles rise, try… …
73rub away — erase; wear out …
74rub off — be removed by rubbing (as of color); take off by rubbing; be worn out …
75rub·ble — /ˈrʌbəl/ noun [noncount] : broken pieces of stone, brick, etc., from walls or buildings that have fallen Rescue workers managed to pull two injured people out of the rubble. The earthquake reduced the whole town to rubble …
76wipe out — {v.} 1. To remove or erase by wiping or rubbing. * /The teacher wiped out with an eraser what she had written on the board./ Compare: RUB OUT. 2. {informal} To remove, kill, or destroy completely. * /The earthquake wiped out the town./ * /Doctors …
77wipe out — {v.} 1. To remove or erase by wiping or rubbing. * /The teacher wiped out with an eraser what she had written on the board./ Compare: RUB OUT. 2. {informal} To remove, kill, or destroy completely. * /The earthquake wiped out the town./ * /Doctors …
78score out — verb remove by or as if by rubbing or erasing Please erase the formula on the blackboard it is wrong! • Syn: ↑erase, ↑rub out, ↑efface, ↑wipe off • Derivationally related forms: ↑erasure (for: ↑ …
79wipe\ out — v 1. To remove or erase by wiping or rubbing. The teacher wiped out with an eraser what she had written on the board. Compare: rub out 2. informal To remove, kill, or destroy completely. The earthquake wiped out the town. Doctors are searching… …
80wipe out — I (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To remove] Syn. erase, delete, eliminate; see cancel 1 , remove 1 . 2. [To exterminate] Syn. slay, annihilate, eradicate; see destroy 1 , kill 1 . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. destroy, eradicate, annihilate, obliterate,… …
