rub off

• Verbe à particule signifiant enlever quelque chose par frottement, ou se transmettre d'une personne à une autre par contact étroit, comme une qualité ou une habitude.

A phrasal verb used to indicate the removal of something by rubbing, or the transfer of a quality or characteristic from one person to another through close contact.

indénombrable · transitif et intransitif · phrasal, séparable

1. Remove by rubbinginformal

   To remove something from a surface by applying friction.

   Enlever en frottant

   • She rubbed off the dirt from her shoes.
   • He tried to rub off the stain with a cloth.
   • The marker won't rub off easily from the whiteboard.

   Synonymeserasewipe off

2. Influence or transferinformal

   To have an effect on someone through close contact, often referring to habits or qualities.

   Influencer par contact

   • His positive attitude rubbed off on the whole team.
   • Her enthusiasm for music rubbed off on her children.
   • Spending time with him, some of his patience rubbed off on me.

   Synonymesimpartinfluencepass onspreadtransfer

Verbe de baserub