to wipe off
71wipe that smile off — This expression is often used by parents or people in authority to indicate that the situation is not amusing at all. This is a very serious matter, so wipe that smile off your face! …
72wipe that smile off your face — stop smiling, do not smile, cut it out Rick, tell Peter you re sorry and give him a big kiss. Gail, wipe that smile off your face …
73off — Synonyms and related words: aberrant, abnormal, abroad, absonant, absurd, adrift, adulterated, all abroad, all off, all wrong, aloof, amiss, askew, astray, at a distance, at fault, at leisure, at liberty, at loose ends, atonal, available, away,… …
74off — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adv. away, at a distance. adj. disconnected, discontinued; in error, mistaken; tainted, rank, stale, high; substandard, below par, not up to scratch. See distance, separation, deterioration, inferiority …
75wipe out — I (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To remove] Syn. erase, delete, eliminate; see cancel 1 , remove 1 . 2. [To exterminate] Syn. slay, annihilate, eradicate; see destroy 1 , kill 1 . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. destroy, eradicate, annihilate, obliterate,… …
76wipe out — informal be capsized by a wave while surfing. ↘N. Amer. fall over or off a vehicle. → wipe …
77wipe something off — subtract an amount from a value or debt. → wipe …
78Wipe — F/A/V An optical transition effect in which one image is replaced by another with a boundry edge that moves in a selected pattern across the frame. (Laboratory) A&V A transition between two video signals that takes the shape of a geometric… …
79off 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 …
80wipe — verb 1) Beth wiped the table Syn: rub, mop, sponge, swab, clean, dry, polish 2) he wiped the marks off the window Syn: rub off, clean off, remove, erase …
