rub
verb (used with object)
to subject the surface of (a thing or person) to pressure and friction, as in cleaning, smoothing, polishing, coating, massaging, or soothing.
am rubbing
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present progressiveof rub (1st person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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The statistics are frightening and I am rubbing shoulders with the outcomes of care every day.
From BBC ● Apr. 18, 2011
"I am rubbing him up in socierty ways," explains Lord Clincham.
From Time Magazine Archive
I am rubbing the color sticks on the paper for a long time.
From "A Step from Heaven" by An Na
I am rubbing it up again now, for it is a good thing to have; it turns dim unfailingly when there is rain or snow coming on.
From Wanderers by W. J. Alexander (William John Alexander) Worster
"I am rubbing nothing in," the doctor replied with unruffled calm.
From The Great Impersonation by E. Phillips (Edward Phillips) Oppenheim
