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

As much as $250 billion was wiped off Nvidia’s market cap in Tuesday morning trading as markets digested the reality that maybe, the search empire is striking back in the race to win the AI space. —Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 25 Nov. 2025

Such decisions aren’t easy, Roth suggests, especially when a third of the tribe in question has just been wiped off the face of the earth. —Andrew Ridker, Vulture, 10 Nov. 2025

So my attention was taken up with wiping off the counter and the tiles, and remaking the coffee. —Literary Hub, 6 Nov. 2025

This week, bitcoin fell below the $100,000 mark for the first time since June, with billions of dollars being wiped off the overall market. —Arjun Kharpal, CNBC, 5 Nov. 2025

Rhymes for wipe off

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