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Definition 2025
rub_off_on
rub off on
English
Verb
rub off on (third-person singular simple present rubs off on, present participle rubbing off on, simple past and past participle rubbed off on)
- (idiomatic, transitive, of behavior, beliefs, etc.) To be acquired by or transferred to (someone) as a result of regular exposure.
- The hippie way of life seems to have rubbed off on him, as he's a flower power aficionado.
Translations
(of behavior, etc.) to be acquired by or transferred to (someone)
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