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rub off	to be transferred with little or no effort	Rate it: (5.00 / 1 vote)
rub up against	To touch something with one's body.	Rate it: (5.00 / 5 votes)
rub out	To kill.	Rate it: (4.51 / 10 votes)
rub up the wrong way	To annoy or anger someone	Rate it: (4.00 / 1 vote)
rub salt in someone's wounds	To make a painful situation even worse (even with the best of intentions).	Rate it: (3.75 / 4 votes)
rub salt in the wound	To make an injury feel worse.	Rate it: (3.00 / 2 votes)
rub out	By rubbing.	Rate it: (2.24 / 16 votes)
doesn't have two nickels to rub together	Reference an individual whom from all evidence and appearances is badly bent and broken relative to personal finances.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
rub along	To go on with difficulty.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
rub down	to rub, e.g. for cleaning, stripping paint or massage	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
rub elbows	To associate closely; to socialize, consort, or mingle.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
Rub Elbows with Someone	To keep yourself with others at the same place, or to associate with others	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
rub in	To apply by rubbing.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
rub in	To irritatingly make a point.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
rub it in	To add insult to injury; to emphasize one's strengths or another's weaknesses in a manner that degrades another.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
rub off	To cause to come off by rubbing	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
rub off	To clean by rubbing.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
rub off on	To adapt to a way of behaving after constant exposure to it.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
rub one's hands together	To eagerly anticipate an activity.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
rub oneself off	To masturbate.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
rub out	delete, erase	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
rub shoulders	To associate closely; to socialize or mingle.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
rub somebody the wrong way	To bother, disturb, irritate, or annoy.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
rub someone the wrong way	To bother, disturb, irritate, or annoy.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
rub the fear of God into	Alternative form of put the fear of God into.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
Rub the Wrong Way	Irritating someone or annoying an individual; handling someone in an insensitive manner	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
rub the wrong way	To annoy someone without intending to.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
rub up	Alternative form of rub-up	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
rub up against	Of pets. To touch a person's body in a friendly manner, seeking attention.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
rub up against	To touch another person with one's body in a sexually stimulating manner.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
rub up on	To stimulate, interact, or resonate with.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
rub up on	Used other than with a figurative or idiomatic meaning: see rub,‎ up,‎ on.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
rub up on	To rub one's body against another person as a form of sexual stimulation or flirting.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
therein lies the rub	That is where the problem is.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
two pennies to rub together	A minimal amount of money to live on; any money at all.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
à rebrousse poil	Against the grain; (To rub) the wrong way.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
c'est là le diable (or, le hic)	There is the rub.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
c'est là que gît le lièvre	That is the main point; There’s the rub.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
hinc illae lacrimae (proverb.) (Ter. And. 1. 1. 99; Cael. 25. 61)	hence these tears; there's the rub.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
snuff out	To extinguish, to stop a process, to kill, to rub out.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
tick off!	Aggravate, irritate, disturb, rankle, rub, assail, insult an individual.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)