to rub

Synonyms

chafe

Examples

It is good to rub and polish our brain against that of others. Michel de Montaigne

I wanted to rub the human face in its own vomit and force it to look in the mirror. J. G. Ballard

You should be allowed to rub out and start again, it means that you are human. The purists are tedious, they tell you a mistake is like an enduring black mark. Nonsense -- better to be human than some infernal machine never going wrong. Peter Greenaway

Always try to rub against money, for if you rub against money long enough, some of it may rub off on you. (A Very Honorable Guy) Damon Runyon

If I eat a huge meal and I can get the girl to rub my belly, I think that's about as romantic as I can think of. Ryan Gosling

A pig that is used to wallowing in the mud looks for a clean person to rub against. Nigerian Proverb

Words in the phrase

to rub

Close letter words and terms

to risk to roam to rove To ruffle To ruin to rule