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Phrase(s): dab something off
Go to dab something off (of) something and dab something off, Phrase(s): dab something off (of) something [and] dab something off
to pat or wipe something off something. (Of is usually retained before pronouns.) • Please dab the butter off your chin. • Please dab off the butter. • Dab the moisture off of the apples.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs