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Phrase(s): wipe someone or something off
to clean something off someone or something by wiping. • She wiped the baby off and put clean clothes on him. • Please wipe off your shoes. • John fell in the mud and Sam wiped him off., Phrase(s): wipe something off
1. to remove something (from something else) by wiping or rubbing. • There is mud on your shirt. Please wipe it off. • I must wipe off the ketchup from my shirt. 2. to tidy or clean something by wiping (something else) off. • Please wipe the table off. There’s water on it. • Wipe off your shirt. There’s ketchup on it., Phrase(s): wipe something off (one’s face)
1. Lit. to remove something, such as food or dirt, from one’s own face. • Wipe that peanut butter off your face! 2. Fig. to remove a smile, grin, silly look, etc., from one’s face. • Wipe that silly grin off your face, private! • Wipe that smile off!
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs