wipe off

wipe off
transitive verb
1) (remove) wegwischen; löschen [Bandaufnahme]
2) (pay off) zurückzahlen [Schulden]; ablösen [Hypothek]
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wipe off
vt
1. (clean)
to \wipe off off ⇆ sth etw wegwischen; (from hand, shoes, surface) etw abwischen
\wipe off the make-up off your face! wisch dir das Make-up aus dem Gesicht!
to \wipe off the crumbs off the table die Krümel vom Tisch wischen
2. (erase)
to \wipe off data/a program off [sth] Daten/ein Programm [von etw dat] löschen
3. ECON (pay off)
to \wipe off off ⇆ sth etw zurückzahlen; debts, mortgage etw tilgen
4. ECON
to \wipe off off sth:
£10 million has been \wipe offd off the value of the company's shares die Firmenaktien haben 10 Millionen Pfund an Wert verloren
5. (destroy)
to be \wipe offd off the map [or the face of the earth] von der Landkarte [o Erdoberfläche] verschwinden
6.
to \wipe off the smile off sb's face dafür sorgen, dass jdm das Lachen vergeht
that should \wipe off the smile off his face! da wird ihm das Lachen schon noch vergehen!
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1. vt sep
1) mark weg- or abwischen; (from blackboard also) ab- or auslöschen

wipe that smile off your face (inf) — hör auf zu grinsen (inf)

I'll soon wipe that smile off his face (inf)dem wird bald das Lachen vergehen

to be wiped off the map or the face of the earth — von der Landkarte or Erdoberfläche getilgt werden

2) (FIN)

millions were wiped off share values yesterday — gestern kam es zu Aktienverlusten in Millionenhöhe

2. vi
sich weg- or abwischen lassen
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wipe off v/t academic.ru/82570/wipe">wipe B 2, B 3
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transitive verb
1) (remove) wegwischen; löschen [Bandaufnahme]
2) (pay off) zurückzahlen [Schulden]; ablösen [Hypothek]
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v.
abstreichen v.
wegwischen v.

English-german dictionary. 2013.

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