rub off on

Idioms  

1. Become transferred to another, influence through close contact, as in We hoped some of their good manners would rub off on our children. This idiom alludes to transferring something like paint to another substance by rubbing against it. [Mid-1900s]

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Example Sentences

During his brief time studying at Lincoln College, the "academic side of it probably didn't rub off on" Geisel, his biographer Brian Jay Jones tells me.

From BBC

Maybe if I stayed here long enough, the magic would rub off on me and make everything better.

From Literature

Or is Mom somehow starting to rub off on me?

From Literature

Some of her enthusiasm might rub off on you.

From Salon

He has had five yellow cards and a red already this season and he has got to be careful, because that kind of indiscipline can rub off on your players.

From BBC