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Always try to rub up against money, for if you rub up against money long enough, some of it may rub off on you.
Damon Runyon

Meaning of "rub up" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF RUB UP

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF RUB UP

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Rub up is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

WHAT DOES RUB UP MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of rub up in the English dictionary

The definition of rub up in the dictionary is when intr, foll by on to refresh one's memory. Other definition of rub up is to smooth or polish.


WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE RUB UP

rub
rub along
rub down
rub in
rub it in
rub off
rub out
rub salt into someone´s wounds
rub shoulders with
rub someone´s nose in it
rub up the wrong way
Rub` al Khali
rub-off
rub-up
rubaboo
rubai
rubasse
rubato
rubbed
rubber

WORDS THAT END LIKE RUB UP

back up
be made up
build up
clean up
come up
dress up
end up
follow up
get up
give up
keep up
look up
set up
show up
sign up
stand up
start up
step up
take up
thumbs up

Synonyms and antonyms of rub up in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «rub up» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF RUB UP

Find out the translation of rub up to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of rub up from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «rub up» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

擦起来
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

frotarse
570 millions of speakers

English

rub up
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

ऊपर रगड़
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

فرك تصل
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

тереться
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

esfregar-se
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

পালিশ করা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

frotter
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Sapu
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

reiben
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

こする
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

문질러
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Gulung munggah
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

tẩy bỏ vết dơ
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

தேய்த்தல்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

घासणे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

parlatmak
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

lucidare
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

natrzeć się
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

тертися
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

freca în sus
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

τρίβετε πάνω
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

vryf
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

gnugga upp
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

gni opp
5 millions of speakers

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «RUB UP»

The term «rub up» is regularly used and occupies the 79.669 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about rub up

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QUOTES WITH «RUB UP»

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Damon Runyon
Always try to rub up against money, for if you rub up against money long enough, some of it may rub off on you.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «RUB UP»

Discover the use of rub up in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to rub up and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Rub Up: Musings of a Navy Corpsman
Rub Up: Musings of a Navy Corpsman is one sailor's inspiring journey of self-discovery.
Mitchell Julian Rycus, 2007
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A Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English
In this sense, rub-up is much more gen. Cf.: rub off, v. In same senses and periods as rub-off.—2. In it all rubs (or it'll all rub) off when it's dry, 'Don't take harsh words or summary punishment too hard' (R/Adm. P.W. Brock): RN: early C. 19-20.
Eric Partridge, 2006
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Operator, Organizational, Direct Support, and General ...
Editorial and Photomechanical Shelter, NSN 3610-00-9987-9066, Component of Printing Plant, Special Warfare, Transportable, NSN 3610-00-889-3311. Figure 4 -23. Rub-Up Board Auembly f igure 4-24. Sink Shield, Removal and Installation.
‎1979
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Energy Balance Through the Tao: Exercises for Cultivating ...
Connect Bubbling Springs to kidneys — rub up inside legs to kidneys: With both legs back on the mat, exhale as you rub your hands up the inside of your legs to your groin and over the tops of your legs to the kidneys. 6. Rub kidneys, feel the ...
Mantak Chia, 2005
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A Dictionary of the Portuguese and English Languages, in Two ...
To rub up the memory of a thing, renovar, ou refrescar a memoria de alguma cousa. To rub up the old sores of the state, re- Rubicund, adj. robicutido, al- gum tanto vermelho, tirante a vermelho. Rubicundity, s. qualidadc do que lie algum tanto ...
Antonio Vieyra, Jacinto Dias do Canto, 1827
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Thesavrvs Lingvae Latinae Compendiarivs Or, A Compendious ...
To rub an, Vitam trahcre vtl ducë.e, tîx vtl jegre viram fuftinere. To rub together, Contero, frrW, 3, collido,_/f. To rub up, or fefrtfb the memsry of a thing, Xefrico, I. renovó. Ltß I jbouldfetm to rub up the old fore cf the republic, ne refricatc obduc"r. am ...
Robert Ainsworth, 1751
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Modules for Basic Nursing Skills
... your thumbs, rub up into the hairline, while using your fingers to massage the sides of the neck. f. With a kneading motion, rub out along the shoulders. Continue the kneading motion and move down one side of the trunk with both hands until ...
Janice Rider Ellis, Elizabeth Ann Nowlis, Patricia M. Bentz, 1992
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An Abridgement of the Last Quarto Edition of Ainsworth's ...
To rub up. or rejitjis. toe memory of a tbmg. Re frico, renovó. q / втя afraid teft I / trou d rub up, or re newyow fri'f oy my letter t vereor ne refr.eem me is Uteris defiderium •с dolorem fuum. R*bbed, Fnâut, dtfriilue, fnci- tus, attntus. A rubber f Qui vit ...
Robert Ainsworth, Thomas Morell, 1790
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A Dictionnary of the English Language
To RUB up. To polish; to refresh. To Ruiz. o. n. _ r, To fret; to make a friction. This last allusion gaul'd the panther more, Because indeed it rubb'd upon thc sore; v Yet seem'd she not to winch, though shrewdly pain'd. Dry. 2.. To get through ...
Samuel Johnson, 1773
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An Asperger Dictionary of Everyday Expressions: Second Edition
Rub their hands Express excitement or hopeful anticipation.* Rub their nose in it Humiliate by making something unpleasant or embarrassing even more unpleasant or embarrassing.* Rub up against Meet.* Rub up the wrong way Annoy.
Ian Stuart-Hamilton, 2006

4 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «RUB UP»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term rub up is used in the context of the following news items.
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Super Thursday: 225 books compete for the Christmas run-up
Expected fiction bestsellers such as The Fear Index by Robert Harris and The Affair by Lee Child rub up alongside actors' autobiographies such as Absolutely by ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Sep 11»
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Why do dogs rub up against things that smell bad?
The authors note that scent-rubbing is an unconditioned response in wolves, ... however, was to conduct a controlled test of the idea that wolves will grind up on ... «Slate Magazine, Jul 11»
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Harvesting baseball's 'magic mud'
Delran, New Jersey (CNN) -- It's a hot day as Jim Bintliff laces up his "mud shoes" ... Working up the spit to rub up nine dozen baseballs a game is no easy task, ... «CNN, Oct 09»
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The dirt on baseball
From infield dirt that's mined in New Jersey to a secret rubbing mud found along the ... Before a game, an umpire or club attendant uses the mud to "rub up" new ... «Christian Science Monitor, Oct 05»

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