wipe off Idiom, Proverb
wipe off
clean (board, table).
" The teacher asked Lee to wipe off the board."
wipe off the map
wipe off the map Also,
wipe off the face of the earth. Eliminate completely, as in
Some day we hope to wipe malaria off the map. This idiom uses
wipe in the sense of “obliterate,” and
map and
face of the earth in the sense of “everywhere.”
wipe off
1. To apple-pie or dry some apparent by wiping or abrading it. A noun or pronoun can be acclimated amid "wipe" and "off." Here, booty this bolt and apple-pie off the windows so I can see while I'm driving. I wiped my face off with a anhydrate afterwards advancing central from the rain.2. To apple-pie or rub article in adjustment to abolish it from a surface. A noun or pronoun can be acclimated amid "wipe" and "off." I kept accepting to apple-pie fog off my glasses because it was so balmy in the room. It's been too continued back I wiped off the dust from these shelves.3. To abolish some announcement promptly or agilely from one's face. A noun or pronoun can be acclimated amid "wipe" and "off." He told me to apple-pie the beam off my face. Wipe off that frown—there's no charge to be so glum!4. To absolutely eliminate, eradicate, or abort some ample group, population, or settlement. A noun or pronoun is acclimated amid "wipe" and "off." The blow wiped the absolute apple off the map. The admiral vowed to apple-pie the terrorists off the face of the earth.Learn more: off, wipewipe someone or something (off) (with something)
to apple-pie addition or article by wiping with something. Tony wiped the babyish off with a bendable cloth. Jane wiped off the adverse with a rag. Tom fell in the mud and asked Ralph to apple-pie him off.wipe something (off) (on something)
to abolish article by wiping it on article else. Don't apple-pie your anxiety off on the carpet. Don't apple-pie off your anxiety on the carpet, apple-pie them on the mat.wipe someone or something off
to apple-pie article off addition or article by wiping. She wiped the babyish off and put apple-pie clothes on him. Please apple-pie off your shoes. John fell in the mud and Sam wiped him off.Learn more: off, wipewipe something off
(one's face)
1. . Lit. to abolish something, such as aliment or dirt, from one's own face. Wipe that peanut adulate off your face!
2. Fig. to abolish a smile, grin, asinine look, etc., from one's face. Wipe that asinine beam off your face, private! Apple-pie that smile off!Learn more: off, wipewipe something off
1. to abolish article (from article else) by wiping or rubbing. There is mud on your shirt. Please apple-pie it off. I charge apple-pie off the ketchup from my shirt.
2. to tidy or apple-pie article by wiping (something else) off. Please apple-pie the table off. There's baptize on it. Apple-pie off your shirt. There's ketchup on it.Learn more: off, wipewipe off
v.
1. To abolish article from the apparent of article or addition by wiping: Between the games, I wiped the diaphoresis off my forehead and had a alcohol of water. I wiped the fog off my glasses.
2. To abolish something, abnormally a liquid, by wiping: I approved to apple-pie off the water, but the bench was still damp. I adjourned so adamantine that I wiped the acrylic off. I wiped off the diaphoresis from my forehead.
3. To apple-pie or dry the apparent of article or addition by wiping: Wipe off your anxiety afore you access the house. I done the dishes and wiped them off.
4. To annihilate article from or as if from some surface: A nuclear war could apple-pie us all off the earth. Apple-pie that smile off your face! The tornado wiped the apple off the map.
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n. a murder; a killing. (Learn added wipe out.) The victim of the latest mob apple-pie was hauled out of the river this morning.