Talk:rub off

RFD discussion: February–August 2017
RFD-sense "2. To clean by rubbing." Undoubtedly true, but this is just unidiomatic "rub off" for a specific purpose. We don't include senses like "to deface by rubbing" either. Lingo Bingo Dingo (talk) 13:17, 24 February 2017 (UTC)
 * Our entry for rub doesn't have an appropriate definition for rub, IMO. Juding from the usage examples the "cleanse" definition is not appropriate. DCDuring TALK 15:44, 24 February 2017 (UTC)


 * Agreed: if the example was "I rubbed the dirt off the old lamp", it would be SoP, but "rubbing off" a toy rabbit (cleaning it) seems a phrase of its own. Equinox ◑ 19:20, 24 February 2017 (UTC)
 * Doesn't rub in "I rubbed my glasses" imply cleaning in a similar way, with the thing being cleaned as the direct object?  Lingo Bingo Dingo (talk) 13:06, 3 March 2017 (UTC)
 * A couple of on-line dictionaries 2 1.4 3 1 a include a (sub) sense involving cleaning for rub, usually under a sense corresponding to Wiktionary's sense 2. It does seem an existing sense not limited to rub off.  Lingo Bingo Dingo (talk) 13:06, 3 March 2017 (UTC)


 * RFD kept: no consensus for deletion; one pro-delete does not consensus make. --Dan Polansky (talk) 07:01, 20 August 2017 (UTC)