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rub down

DEFINITIONS OF: rub down

1

v manually manipulate (someone's body), usually for medicinal or relaxation purposes

“She rubbed down her child with a sponge”
Synonyms:
knead, massage
Type of:
manipulate
hold something in one's hands and move it

v wear away

Synonyms:
abrade, abrase, corrade, rub off
Types:
chafe, excoriate
tear or wear off the skin or make sore by abrading
rasp
scrape with a rasp
Type of:
wear away, wear off
diminish, as by friction
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