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

China reacts Disturbances were felt globally with about $2.5 trillion wiped off Wall Street and share prices in other financial centers. —Newsweek Staff, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Apr. 2025

The town was just leveled—like, 90 percent of the town just was wiped off the map. —Andrea Thompson, Scientific American, 4 Apr. 2025

This means that, if global oil prices fall below $50, large part of the U.S. oil production will be wiped off the market, and prices will quickly rebound. —Brendan Cole, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 May 2025

More than $9 trillion in value has been wiped off global markets in the last three days. —Zac Anderson, USA Today, 7 Apr. 2025

Rhymes for wipe off

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