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rub off

verb

  1. to remove or be removed by rubbing
  2. intr; often foll by on or onto to have an effect through close association or contact, esp so as to make similar

    her crude manners have rubbed off on you

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


noun

  1. a resulting effect on something else; consequences

    a positive rub-off

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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He has had five yellow cards and a red already this season and he has got to be careful, because that kind of indiscipline can rub off on your players.

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Savage said he hopes his energy is contagious in practice and it rubs off on his players.

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When I played under Moyes he had a special energy and determination about him, which rubbed off on us too.

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Marshall’s effort on defense is rubbing off on her freshmen counterparts.

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This attitude rubs off on his players, who started the season 1-4 yet are finishing in typical McVay fashion with nine wins in their last 11 games.

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