wipe someone or something off
- wipe someone or something off
wipe someone or something off†
to clean something off someone or something by wiping. •
She wiped the baby off and put clean clothes on him.
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Please wipe off your shoes.
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John fell in the mud and Sam wiped him off.
Dictionary of American idioms.
2013.
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