- USA Today Crossword
- September 27 2023
- ___ the wrong way
___ the wrong way
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Rank | Answer | Clue | Publisher | 99% | RUB | ___ the wrong way | USA Today |
20% | RILE | Rub the wrong way | Newsday |
20% | THIEF | Person who takes things the wrong way | Wall Street Journal |
Definition
• | To subject (a body) to the action of something moving over its surface with pressure and friction, especially to the action of something moving back and forth; as, to rub the flesh with the hand; to rub wood with sandpaper. |
• | To move over the surface of (a body) with pressure and friction; to graze; to chafe; as, the boat rubs the ground. |
• | To cause (a body) to move with pressure and friction along a surface; as, to rub the hand over the body. |
• | To spread a substance thinly over; to smear. |
• | To scour; to burnish; to polish; to brighten; to cleanse; -- often with up or over; as, to rub up silver. |
• | To hinder; to cross; to thwart. |
• | To move along the surface of a body with pressure; to grate; as, a wheel rubs against the gatepost. |
• | To fret; to chafe; as, to rub upon a sore. |
• | To move or pass with difficulty; as, to rub through woods, as huntsmen; to rub through the world. |
• | The act of rubbing; friction. |
• | That which rubs; that which tends to hinder or obstruct motion or progress; hindrance; obstruction, an impediment; especially, a difficulty or obstruction hard to overcome; a pinch. |
• | Inequality of surface, as of the ground in the game of bowls; unevenness. |
• | Something grating to the feelings; sarcasm; joke; as, a hard rub. |
• | Imperfection; failing; fault. |
• | A chance. |
• | A stone, commonly flat, used to sharpen cutting tools; a whetstone; -- called also rubstone. |
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