rub up (English, verb)
expansion: rub up (third-person singular simple present rubs up, present participle rubbing up, simple past and past participle rubbed up)
Senses:
glosses: To polish or scrub; to cover (something with a substance) by rubbing.
tags: transitive
glosses: To rub (a body part): to massage, give a massage to.
tags: transitive
glosses: To create (something) by rubbing.
tags: transitive
glosses: To revive one's knowledge of (something); to renew (a skill).
tags: ambitransitive
dated
informal
glosses: To assault (someone).
tags: US
slang
transitive
glosses: To reduce (something) to a powder or paste using friction (with a mortar and pestle, for example); to mix (with something) using friction.
tags: obsolete
transitive
glosses: To excite or awaken (something); to revive or reawaken (something).
tags: obsolete
transitive
Forms:
form: rubs up
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: rubbing up
tags: participle
present
form: rubbed up
tags: participle
past
form: rubbed up
tags: past