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1 ■ wipe off
■ wipe offA v. t. + avv.2 pulire strofinando; togliere: to wipe off the mud with a brush, togliere il fango con una spazzolaB v. t. + prep.2 eliminare, togliere da: Wipe that silly smile off your face!, togliti quel sorrisetto idiota dalla faccia! □ to wipe sb. [st.] off the face of the earth, eliminare q. [qc.] dalla faccia della terra □ (fig.) to wipe st. off the map, distruggere totalmente qc. ( una città, ecc.) □ to wipe off old scores with sb., fare i conti con q.; sistemare una vecchia partita con q. -
2 ♦ map
♦ map /mæp/n.1 carta geografica; carta topografica; mappa; piantina: road map, carta stradale; street map, piantina stradale ( di città); stradario; sketch map, mappa schematica2 carta astronomica; carta celeste4 (mat.) funzione● map-maker, mappatore, cartografo □ map-making, mappatura, cartografia □ map-reader, chi sa leggere una mappa □ map scale, scala cartografica □ (fam.) off the map, senz'importanza; ( di un luogo) inaccessibile, lontanissimo; ( di una cosa) sorpassata □ to put st. on the map, mettere in evidenza qc.; rendere famoso qc. □ (fam.) to wipe off the map, distruggere; cancellare dalla faccia della terra.(to) map /mæp/A v. t.1 (geogr.) riprodurre su una mappa; fare una mappa di; rilevareB v. i.(scient.) essere associato (a).
См. также в других словарях:
wipe off the map — ► wipe off the map obliterate totally. Main Entry: ↑map … English terms dictionary
wipe off the map — wipe (somewhere) off the map to cause a place to stop existing. The flood of 1965 almost wiped the town off the map … New idioms dictionary
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
off the map — 1. Out of existence, esp in the phrase wipe off the map 2. Negligible 3. (of a location) remote from main thoroughfares, etc • • • Main Entry: ↑map * * * (of a place) very distant or remote just a hick town, right off the map … Useful english dictionary
wipe something off the map — wipe something off/from/the map wipe something off the face of the earth phrase to destroy something, or to make it disappear completely Some villages had been wiped from the map. Thesaurus: to make something disappear or stop existing … Useful english dictionary
wipe somewhere off the map — wipe (somewhere) off the map to cause a place to stop existing. The flood of 1965 almost wiped the town off the map … New idioms dictionary
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
off the map — informal 1) far away from towns and cities It s a little town in Nebraska, right off the map. 2) completely destroyed, or no longer existing as a country, city, etc He said he had enough explosive to wipe the island off the map … English dictionary
something 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
swh 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