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 English

More than a billion pounds have been wiped off share prices.

Examples of wipe off in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Avoid taking extreme measures such as shutting down servers or wiping off systems without saving evidence of destruction. —Michelle Drolet, Forbes, 3 Mar. 2025

Images and videos from the scene showed block after block virtually wiped off the map, homes and businesses replaced by smoldering heaps of ash and rubble. —Daniel Arkin, NBC News, 9 Jan. 2025

Layering isn't effective and may be dangerous: Avoid applying multiple products at once or before the first product has been wiped off. —Quincy Bulin, Southern Living, 23 Dec. 2024

Wear gloves while sharpening to protect your hands and wipe off the tools with a clean cloth when you're done. —Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 Dec. 2024

Rhymes for wipe off

• cerenkov
• ashraf
• checkoff
• cutoff
• falloff
• handoff
• kickoff
• layoff
• liftoff
• markoff
• markov
• payoff