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

noun

1. a resulting effect on something else; consequences

   a positive rub-off

Example Sentences

Which might rub off on Davis’ sport.

From Los Angeles Times

“So to see how Nneka is getting to her spots and able to use her physicality to finish around the rim, not just in transition but in a half-court setting, I think that will rub off on Ezi, too.”

From Seattle Times

Despite the devastating physical and emotional impact of his accident, it seems that some of the optimism and hope that his protagonist Karim feels, is starting to rub off on him.

From BBC

“I feel like as a woman in this industry, people will try you, they will try to walk all over you and make you seem less than or that you’re not capable of doing certain things, and that’s just other people’s insecurities. And when their insecurities rub off on you, then you kind of start looking at yourself different.”

From Los Angeles Times

She saw it as a way to earn “street cred with a new generation,” she said, and hoped that Reformation’s perceived cool factor would somehow rub off on her.

From Seattle Times

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