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                           Phrase(s): rub someone or something with something  to wipe someone or something with something.  •  The mother rubbed the baby gently with a soft cloth.  •  Todd rubbed the surface of the car with a rag to polish it.
                           
                           
                           
                           
                        
    
                       
                    
                        
                        
                        
                    
 
                    
                        McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs