"rub in" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Audio: En-au-rub in.ogg [Australia] Forms: rubs in [present, singular, third-person], rubbing in [participle, present], rubbed in [participle, past], rubbed in [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} rub in (third-person singular simple present rubs in, present participle rubbing in, simple past and past participle rubbed in)
  1. (transitive) To apply by rubbing. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-rub_in-en-verb-rpe57dB1
  2. (transitive) Of butter, to mix in by rubbing. Tags: transitive Derived forms: rub it in
    Sense id: en-rub_in-en-verb-TnfwScsh
  3. (transitive, idiomatic) To make a point in an irritatingly emphatic manner. Tags: idiomatic, transitive
    Sense id: en-rub_in-en-verb-dhkCfLrr Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (in) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 10 35 55 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs with particle (in): 14 30 56

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for rub in meaning in All languages combined (2.4kB)

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