wipe off

• Verbe à particule désignant l'action d'enlever quelque chose d'une surface en frottant ou d'éliminer complètement quelque chose.

A phrasal verb used to indicate the act of removing something from a surface by rubbing, or eliminating something completely.

indénombrable · transitif · phrasal, séparable

1. Clean a surfaceinformal

   To remove dirt, liquid, or marks from a surface by rubbing it with a cloth or similar item.

   essuyer (une surface)

   • She wiped off the table after dinner.
   • He wiped off the dust from the shelf.
   • Please wipe off the counter before leaving.

   Synonymesbuffcleanmoppolishrubscourspongeswabwipe

2. Remove somethinginformal

   To eliminate or erase something, such as a debt, memory, or mark.

   Effacer

   • The bank agreed to wipe off the remaining debt.
   • He tried to wipe off the stain with a special cleaner.
   • Time cannot wipe off the memories of that day.

   Synonymesblot outcanceldeleteeliminateeradicateeraseexpungeobliterateremove

   Antonymesaddcreateestablishimposeintroduce

Verbe de basewipe