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Idioms about rub
Origin of rub
1300–50; 1860–65 for def. 18b; Middle English rubben (v.); cognate with Frisian rubben,Danish rubbe,Swedish rubba
OTHER WORDS FROM rub
un·rubbed, adjectivewell-rubbed, adjectiveWords nearby rub
Ru, RU 486, ruana, Ruanda, Ruanda-Urundi, rub, rubaboo, rub-a-dub, rubáiyát, Rubaiyat stanza, Rubʿ al Khali
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How to use rub in a sentence
British Dictionary definitions for rub
rub
/ (rʌb) /
verb rubs, rubbing or rubbed
noun
Word Origin for rub
C15: perhaps from Low German rubben, of obscure origin
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