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rub off
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Princeton's WordNet
abrade, corrade, abrase, rub down, rub offverb
wear away
Wiktionary
rub offverb
To cause to come off by rubbing
rub offverb
To clean by rubbing.
rub offverb
to be transferred with little or no effort
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rub off
To rub off means to have a characteristic, idea, or behavior from one person, place, or thing influence or affect another person through close contact or association. It is often used to express an unintentional or passive transfer or influence. The phrase originates from the physical action of one substance or color affecting another because of consistent or robust contact.
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of rub off in Chaldean Numerology is: 6
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of rub off in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5
Examples of rub off in a Sentence
The biggest challenge for self-cleaning surfaces is finding a way to make them tough enough to withstand everyday damage, the surfaces tend to be mechanically weak and so rub off easily. But by pairing our paint with different adhesives, we've shown it is possible to make a robust self-cleaning surface.
I think religion is a big factor in Neil's life, when you grow up with someone so devout, it has to rub off on you.
Ageism is the racism of the gay world. We really believe that age—and all of our fears that it carries—will “rub off” on us, the way that racists once believed blackness would.
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