to wipe off

  • 1wipe off — ► wipe off subtract (an amount) from a value or debt. Main Entry: ↑wipe …

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  • 2wipe off — index expunge Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 3wipe off the map — ► wipe off the map obliterate totally. Main Entry: ↑map …

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  • 4wipe off — verb 1. remove by wiping (Freq. 3) • Syn: ↑wipe away • Hypernyms: ↑remove, ↑take, ↑take away, ↑withdraw • Hyponyms: ↑ …

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  • 5wipe off — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms wipe off : present tense I/you/we/they wipe off he/she/it wipes off present participle wiping off past tense wiped off past participle wiped off wipe something off something to reduce the value of something by …

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  • 6wipe off — phr verb Wipe off is used with these nouns as the object: ↑drop, ↑grease, ↑grime, ↑lipstick, ↑mascara …

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  • 7wipe off the map — wipe (somewhere) off the map to cause a place to stop existing. The flood of 1965 almost wiped the town off the map …

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  • 8wipe off — verb a) To remove something by wiping. Wipe a picture off the board. b) To destroy completely, leaving no trace Wipe water off the windscreen …

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  • 9wipe off —    to kill    The imagery is from erasing chalk from a blackboard. The phrase is used of death through the forces of nature or by virtue of man s inhumanity:     What more useful bird can you find, as wipes off worms an grubs as they did? (A.… …

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  • 10wipe off the map — [blow/bomb/wipe etc.] (something/swh) off the map to destroy something completely, especially with bombs. At least eight Spanish warships were blown off the map …

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