Get the FREE one-click dictionary software for Windows
or the iPhone/iPad and Android apps
Verb: rub off  rúb óf
  1. Wear away
    "Years of use had rubbed off the paint";
    - abrade, corrade, abrase [rare], rub down

Derived forms: rubbing off, rubbed off, rubs off

See also: rub

Type of: wear away, wear off