rub off

rub off
1. transitive verb
wegreiben; wegwischen
2. intransitive verb
(lit. or fig.) abfärben (on auf + Akk.)
* * *
rub off
I. vi
1. (become clean) wegreiben; stains rausgehen
does this paint \rub off off easily? lässt sich diese Farbe leicht entfernen?
2. (fam: affect)
sth \rub offs off on sb etw färbt auf jdn ab
II. vt
to \rub off off ⇆ sth etw wegwischen
there's no way to \rub off this dye off my trousers, is there? diese Farbe kriege ich nicht mehr aus meiner Hose, oder?
to \rub off dirt off Schmutz abreiben
* * *
1. vt sep
dirt abreiben; writing ausradieren; tape löschen; (from blackboard) aus- or wegwischen; paint, gold-plating abreiben; (through wear) abwetzen
2. vi (lit, fig)
abgehen; (through wear also) sich abwetzen

to rub off on sb (fig) — auf jdn abfärben

* * *
rub off
A v/t ab-, wegreiben, ab-, wegwischen
B v/i
1. abgehen (Lack etc), sich abnutzen (auch fig)
2. rub off on(to) fig umg abfärben auf (akk)
* * *
1. transitive verb
wegreiben; wegwischen
2. intransitive verb
(lit. or fig.) abfärben (on auf + Akk.)
* * *
v.
abreiben v.

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