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scrub off

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scrub someone or something off
to clean someone or something by rubbing. Mother scrubbed Timmy off. Liz scrubbed off the countertop.
See also: scrub

scrub something off (of) something and scrub something off

to clean something off something by scrubbing. (Of is usually retained before pronouns.) I have to scrub the mud off the porch steps. Did you scrub off all the grease?
See also: scrub


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That evening I had a lot of trouble trying to scrub off the black diamonds down my chest and belly.
Use a cleaning shampoo to wash your hair and to scrub off the oil build up.
Fast-spinning brushes on both sides of these sweepers-on-wheels will scrub off sand from the streets, a common problem in the Arabian Peninsula.
 
 
 
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