rub off



ablate, abrade, bark, chafe, erase, erode, file, fray, frazzle, fret, gall, gnaw, gnaw away, grate, graze,

   bank on - aspire to, bargain for, bet on, calculate on, confide, count on, depend on, desire, expect, feel confident, figure on, gamble on, harbour the hope, hope, hope against hope,

   ahead of time - advance, ahead, anachronistic, before, beforehand, behind time, behindhand, betimes, dated, early, in advance, late, mistimed, out of date, out of season,

   amplify - add to, aggrandize, aggravate, annoy, augment, ballyhoo, bloat, blow up, boost, broaden, build, build up, bulk, bulk out, burlesque,

   preceptive - authoritative, autodidactic, binding, canonical, coeducational, commanding, compelling, cultural, dictated, dictating, didactic, directive, disciplinary, edifying, educating,

   angularity - cant, flexure, inclination, lean, leaning, list, pitch, rake, slant, slope, swag, sway, tilt, tip ,

   fast food - board, bread, bread and butter, cheer, comestibles, creature comfort, cuisine, daily bread, eatables, edibles, fare, feast, food, food and drink, foodstuff,

   suppurating - bad, bloody, corrupt, decomposed, festering, foul, gangrened, lachrymal, mortified, purulent, putrefied, putrid, rheumy, rotten, rotting,

   catechizing - challenge, dispute, examination, inquiring, inquiry, interrogation, probing, questioning, quiz ,

   unconcernedly - carelessly, dispassionately, heartlessly, heedlessly, indifferently, mindlessly, recklessly ,

   convalescent hospital - asylum, clinic, convalescent home, home, hospital, infirmary, mental hospital, nursing home, rest home, sanatorium, sick bay, sickroom, ward ,