wipe away
phrasal verb
wiped away; wiping away; wipes away
: to remove (something) by rubbing
Wipe away grease with our all-purpose cleaner.
He wiped her tears away.
—often used figurativelyYou cannot simply wipe away the history of this country.
Examples of wipe away in a Sentence
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Two years of ample snow and rain have wiped away drought conditions.
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Paul Rogers, The Mercury News, 30 Mar. 2024
Dozens of members of his staff lined up behind him on the back wall of the chamber, some wiping away tears, as family and friends looked down from the gallery above.
—Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 29 Feb. 2024
Coat the tools in a layer of oil, and wipe away the excess.
—Halee Miller, Better Homes & Gardens, 22 Mar. 2024
Gentrification has largely wiped away the open-air drug markets that proliferated during the murderous crack epidemic of the 1980s and early 1990s.
—Emily Davies, Washington Post, 19 Mar. 2024
So when new market developments threaten to diminish or wipe away that revenue stream, PBMs find crafty ways to keep as much of those dollars as possible — often at the expense of employers.
—Bob Herman, STAT, 18 Mar. 2024
As the lights lifted after the final video, Watkins wiped away tears.
—Thuc Nhi Nguyen, Los Angeles Times, 25 Feb. 2024
Clamp each slat on blinds with the jaws of the tongs, sliding from end to end to easily wipe away dust on both sides of the slat at once.
—Maryal Miller Carter, USA TODAY, 10 Mar. 2024
Michael and Joyce Randolph wiped away tears — and had some laughs — when their daughter took the stage (as seen in the video above) to claim the statue for her role as Mary Lamb, a boarding school head cook grieving the loss of her son, in Alexander Payne's dramedy The Holdovers.
—Jessica Wang, EW.com, 10 Mar. 2024
Paul Rogers, The Mercury News, 30 Mar. 2024
Dozens of members of his staff lined up behind him on the back wall of the chamber, some wiping away tears, as family and friends looked down from the gallery above.
—Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 29 Feb. 2024
Coat the tools in a layer of oil, and wipe away the excess.
—Halee Miller, Better Homes & Gardens, 22 Mar. 2024
Gentrification has largely wiped away the open-air drug markets that proliferated during the murderous crack epidemic of the 1980s and early 1990s.
—Emily Davies, Washington Post, 19 Mar. 2024
So when new market developments threaten to diminish or wipe away that revenue stream, PBMs find crafty ways to keep as much of those dollars as possible — often at the expense of employers.
—Bob Herman, STAT, 18 Mar. 2024
As the lights lifted after the final video, Watkins wiped away tears.
—Thuc Nhi Nguyen, Los Angeles Times, 25 Feb. 2024
Clamp each slat on blinds with the jaws of the tongs, sliding from end to end to easily wipe away dust on both sides of the slat at once.
—Maryal Miller Carter, USA TODAY, 10 Mar. 2024
Michael and Joyce Randolph wiped away tears — and had some laughs — when their daughter took the stage (as seen in the video above) to claim the statue for her role as Mary Lamb, a boarding school head cook grieving the loss of her son, in Alexander Payne's dramedy The Holdovers.
—Jessica Wang, EW.com, 10 Mar. 2024
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“Wipe away.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wipe%20away. Accessed 20 Apr. 2024.
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