■ wipe off

■ wipe off
■ wipe off
A v. t. + avv.
1 asciugare: to wipe one's tears off, asciugarsi le lacrime
2 pulire strofinando; togliere: to wipe off the mud with a brush, togliere il fango con una spazzola
3 (USA) pulire con uno strofinaccio; strofinare (il lavandino, ecc.)
4 pulire (la lavagna) con il cancellino
5 cancellare (da un nastro magnetico): to wipe off a song, cancellare una canzone
6 (fin.) cancellare, estinguere, liquidare (un debito)
B v. t. + prep.
1 cancellare da: to wipe a sentence off the blackboard, cancellare una frase dalla lavagna
2 eliminare, togliere da: Wipe that silly smile off your face!, togliti quel sorrisetto idiota dalla faccia! □ to wipe sb. [st.] off the face of the earth, eliminare q. [qc.] dalla faccia della terra □ (fig.) to wipe st. off the map, distruggere totalmente qc. (una città, ecc.) □ to wipe off old scores with sb., fare i conti con q.; sistemare una vecchia partita con q.

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