wipe off v.
1. to get rid of, to remove [wipe off, to erase].
![]() | Dict. of Modern Sl. etc. 117: WIPE OFF, to pay one’s debts — in allusion to the slate or chalk method of account keeping. | |
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![]() | Sl. Dict. 341: Wipe ‘to wipe off a score,’ to pay one’s debts, in allusion to the slate or chalk methods of account keeping. | |
![]() | Shearer’s Colt 128: He’s got to wipe that off somehow, even if he has to wipe off Red Fred. | |
![]() | Worker (Brisbane) 15 Apr. 15/3: The wiped-off wives need not look for much help from America. | |
![]() | Fabulous Clipjoint (1949) 74: Wipe off that grin, you dope. | |
![]() | Hoops 20: If I had been playing the sucker seriously, I would have wiped him off the court. |
2. (Aus.) to bid a last farewell, esp. to a place [wipe v. (5)].
![]() | DSUE (8th edn) 1344/1: since ca. 1925. |