wipe off

phrasal verb

wiped off; wiping off; wipes off

1

: to clean (someone or something) by using a towel, one's hand, etc.

I wiped off the baby and took him out of the high chair.

She wiped the counters off.

2

: to remove (something) by rubbing

I wiped the food off the baby's face.

She wiped off the oil from the counter.

—often used figuratively in British English

More than a billion pounds have been wiped off share prices.

Examples of wipe off in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Alas, neither trade ever seemed to be all that realistic, and now both can be wiped off the board entirely. —Michael Hurley, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Aug. 2025

Use a fresh, dry cloth to wipe off the shaving cream. —Patricia Shannon, Southern Living, 23 Aug. 2025

The boost to Trump’s net worth comes from wiping off the approximately $500 million liability from the president’s balance sheet. —Alison Durkee, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2025

Nasdaq plagued by meme stock pump-and-dumps Seven small Chinese companies listed on the U.S.-based Nasdaq saw $3.7 billion wiped off their value after their stocks were talked up on social media and then suddenly sold off. —Diane Brady, Fortune, 19 Aug. 2025

Rhymes for wipe off

• cerenkov
• ashraf
• checkoff
• cutoff
• falloff
• handoff
• kickoff
• layoff
• liftoff
• markoff
• markov
• payoff