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1 wipe off the slate
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2 wipe
n. torkning; städning; utradering; näsduk; liten handduk; slag; gliring--------v. torka; torka ren; torka bort, torka upp; gnida* * *1. verb1) (to clean or dry by rubbing with a cloth, paper etc: Would you wipe the table for me?) torka av2) (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.) torka bort (upp)2. noun(an act of cleaning by rubbing: Give the table a wipe.) avtorkning- wiper- wipe out -
3 brush away
(to wipe off: She brushed away a tear; She brushed it away.) stryka (torka) bort -
4 sponge
n. tvättsvamp; snyltgubbe, parasit--------v. tvätta av med en svamp; torka av med en svamp; suga upp; snylta sig till, utnyttja* * *1. noun1) (a type of sea animal, or its soft skeleton, which has many holes and is able to suck up and hold water.) tvättsvamp2) (a piece of such a skeleton or a substitute, used for washing the body etc.) tvättsvamp3) (a sponge pudding or cake: We had jam sponge for dessert.) pudding, sockerkaka4) (an act of wiping etc with a sponge: Give the table a quick sponge over, will you?) tvättning, avtorkning2. verb1) (to wipe or clean with a sponge: She sponged the child's face.) tvätta med en svamp2) (to get a living, money etc (from someone else): He's been sponging off/on us for years.) snylta•- sponger- spongy
- spongily
- sponginess
- sponge cake
- sponge pudding
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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
