rub off on
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rub off on (third-person singular simple present rubs off on, present participle rubbing off on, simple past and past participle rubbed off on)
- (idiomatic, transitive, of behavior, beliefs, etc.) To be acquired by or transferred to (someone) as a result of regular exposure.
- The hippie way of life seems to have rubbed off on him, as he's a flower power aficionado.
- 1995, Nick Hornby, High Fidelity, London: Victor Gollancz, →ISBN, page 19:
- I had hoped that if I went out with Jackie, then some of that elder-stateswoman dignity would rub off on me, but of course without Phil she didn't have any.
Translations
(of behavior, etc.) to be acquired by or transferred to (someone)
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