wipe off
phrasal verb
wiped off; wiping off; wipes off
1
: to clean (someone or something) by using a towel, one's hand, etc.
I wiped off the baby and took him out of the high chair.
She wiped the counters off.
2
: to remove (something) by rubbing
I wiped the food off the baby's face.
She wiped off the oil from the counter.
—often used figuratively in British EnglishMore than a billion pounds have been wiped off share prices.
Examples of wipe off in a Sentence
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Any of that sweat that drips to the ground or is wiped off the face is a missed opportunity to cool down.
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Noah Haggerty, Los Angeles Times, 11 July 2024
As of early Monday, roughly $370 billion had been wiped off the market cap of all digital tokens over a 24-hour period, with bitcoin plummeting below $50,000 and ether notching its largest single-day drop in three years.
—Mackenzie Sigalos, CNBC, 6 Aug. 2024
Already roughly more than $780 billion have been wiped off its market cap, an amount equivalent to the entire value of Elon Musk’s Tesla or an Eli Lilly, the pharma group behind GLP-1 weight-loss drug Zepbound.
—Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 31 July 2024
Used to second takes, the actress, screenwriter, and director calmly wipes off the smear, reapplies the tint, and keeps things moving.
—Vogue, 2 July 2024
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Noah Haggerty, Los Angeles Times, 11 July 2024
As of early Monday, roughly $370 billion had been wiped off the market cap of all digital tokens over a 24-hour period, with bitcoin plummeting below $50,000 and ether notching its largest single-day drop in three years.
—Mackenzie Sigalos, CNBC, 6 Aug. 2024
Already roughly more than $780 billion have been wiped off its market cap, an amount equivalent to the entire value of Elon Musk’s Tesla or an Eli Lilly, the pharma group behind GLP-1 weight-loss drug Zepbound.
—Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 31 July 2024
Used to second takes, the actress, screenwriter, and director calmly wipes off the smear, reapplies the tint, and keeps things moving.
—Vogue, 2 July 2024
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“Wipe off.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wipe%20off. Accessed 29 Sep. 2024.
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