wipe off
A2 neutral separable transitive
In simple words
To clean a mark or dirty substance off something by rubbing it with a cloth.
Literal meaning: To wipe something so it comes off the surface — fully transparent.
Meanings
1 A2 neutral
To remove a substance or mark from a surface by wiping with a cloth or tissue.
"She wiped the lipstick off the glass before putting it back in the cupboard."
Grammar: separable
2 B2
idiomatic
neutral
To eliminate a large amount of financial value quickly, as in a stock market crash or business loss.
"The crash wiped off nearly a trillion dollars of market value in a single day."
Grammar: separable
Usage notes
Everyday and very common. Used for physical marks (mud, ink, lipstick) as well as financial values (a market crash wipes off billions). The financial sense is common in journalism.
Commonly used with
dirt lipstick mark grease billions value
Forms
Base
wipe off
I/you/we/they
3rd person
wipes off
he/she/it
Past simple
wiped off
yesterday
Past participle
wiped off
have + pp
-ing form
wiping off
continuous
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