Collocations for "wipe"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "wipe" in context.
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wipe
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.v
- wipe the [surface, floor, windscreen, table]
- wipe [oil, cleaning liquid, soap] on the [surface]
- wipe [your face, her lips, his mouth]
- wipe [your face] with a [tissue, towel, handkerchief]
- wipe your [feet, shoes] on [a mat, the doormat]
- wipe down the [table, surface, counter]
- wipe the [table] down
- wipe off [water, dust, dirt]
- wipe [water] off
- wipe (the) water off [my, the]
- wipe up a [spill, mess]
- wipe out [a debt, the answers, a memory]
- wipe [a debt] out
- wipe out the [enemy, opposition]
- wipe the [enemy] out
- wiped out (half) the population
- [the flu, run] (really) wiped me out
- wipe [tears, memories, thoughts] away
- wipe away (your) [tears]
- wipe a [recording, disk drive, video]
- wipe the floor with [them, the opponent, the other team]
- wipe up after [you, yourself]
- wipe around the [toilet, sink, tap]
- a pack of [face, facial, baby] wipes
- a [quick, thorough] wipe
- freshen up with a [scented, facial] wipe
- gave the [screen, machine, surface, table] a (quick) wipe
- gave her [hands, palms] a wipe
- a quick wipe with a [cloth, sponge, rag]
- use wipes during a [scene, sequence]
- a presentation with [traditional, vertical, horizontal] wipes
'wipe' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
alcohol
- basin
- carpet
- cheek
- clean
- cloth
- container
- cooker
- court
- crap
- crumb
- cushion
- damp
- dash
- dashboard
- debt
- desktop
- drool
- dust
- foggy
- glue
- goggle
- goofy
- grease
- grin
- grit
- inside
- lens
- map
- mesh
- mission
- moist
- mop
- mouth
- nose
- prejudice
- puke
- rag
- remnant
- saucer
- screen
- shelf
- shit
- sick
- slate
- sludge
- smile
- smirk
- smoothly
- smudge