ruboff

[ ruhb-awf, -of ]

/ ˈrʌbˈɔf, -ˈɒf /

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noun

an act of rubbing off, as to remove something.

a deep mark, effect, or impact produced especially through constant close contact.

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Origin of ruboff

First recorded in1935–40; noun use of verb phrase rub off

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How to use ruboff in a sentence

Although the blood-spattered offices will be off-limits, staff have vowed to continue producing the magazine.
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A passing off-duty school safety officer named Fred Lucas said that he had been told the man was a drug dealer.
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The NOPD fired Knight in 1973 for stealing lumber from a construction site as an off-duty cop.
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The off-year special election into which Duke threw himself drew little media notice at first.
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Aaron Paul may play a young Han Solo in the first Star Wars spin-off.
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A far-off volley rumbled over the plain, and a few birds stirred uneasily among the trees.
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And, old ink pot, tuck a horse blanket under my chin, and rub me down with brickbats while I feed!
The Book of Anecdotes and Budget of Fun;|Various
Others again put the varnish on and rub it off in places to resemble the wear of age.
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Jean was to be an architect—God knows why—but Aristide settled it, definitely, off-hand.
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But indeed, it was useless to rub her eyes, the dwarfs did not vanish, and so she was obliged to believe that they were real.
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British Dictionary definitions for ruboff

rub off

verb

to remove or be removed by rubbing

(intr ; often foll by on or onto) to have an effect through close association or contact, esp so as to make similarher crude manners have rubbed off on you

noun rub-off

a resulting effect on something else; consequencesa positive rub-off

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