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1 to wipe off
noslaucīt; anulēt -
2 to wipe slate clean, to wipe off the slate
noslēgt rēķinus ar pagātniEnglish-Latvian dictionary > to wipe slate clean, to wipe off the slate
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3 to wipe off old scores
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4 wipe
1. verb1) (to clean or dry by rubbing with a cloth, paper etc: Would you wipe the table for me?) []slaucīt2) (to remove by rubbing with a cloth, paper etc: The child wiped her tears away with her handkerchief; Wipe that writing off (the blackboard); Please wipe up that spilt milk.) notraukt; aizslaucīt; uzslaucīt2. noun(an act of cleaning by rubbing: Give the table a wipe.) []slaucīšana- wiper- wipe out* * *slaucīšana; noslaucīšana; kabatlakatiņš; pārsegums, zvēliens, spēcīgs sitiens; slaucīt; noslaucīt; iezvelt, spēcīgi iesist, zvelt -
5 brush away
(to wipe off: She brushed away a tear; She brushed it away.) noraust; noslaucīt -
6 sponge
1. noun1) (a type of sea animal, or its soft skeleton, which has many holes and is able to suck up and hold water.) sūklis2) (a piece of such a skeleton or a substitute, used for washing the body etc.) sūklis3) (a sponge pudding or cake: We had jam sponge for dessert.) biskvītkūka4) (an act of wiping etc with a sponge: Give the table a quick sponge over, will you?) beršana ar sūkli2. verb1) (to wipe or clean with a sponge: She sponged the child's face.) []berzt ar sūkli; []tīrīt ar sūkli2) (to get a living, money etc (from someone else): He's been sponging off/on us for years.) dzīvot uz cita rēķina•- sponger- spongy
- spongily
- sponginess
- sponge cake
- sponge pudding* * *sūklis; noberšana ar sūkli; poraina viela; biskvītkūka; liekēdis; plencis, pļēgurs; tampons; noberzt ar sūkli; uzsūkt ar sūkli; zvejot sūkļus; dzīvot uz cita rēķina
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wipe off the map — [blow/bomb/wipe etc.] (something/swh) off the map to destroy something completely, especially with bombs. At least eight Spanish warships were blown off the map … New idioms dictionary
wipe off the map — phrasal : to utterly destroy (as a city, a region) : annihilate threatened a nuclear attack that would wipe the country off the map … Useful english dictionary
