wipe off

English

Verb

wipe off (third-person singular simple present wipes off, present participle wiping off, simple past and past participle wiped off)

(transitive, literally) To remove (something such as dirt) by wiping.
Coordinate terms: wipe away, wipe up

wipe a picture off the board

wipe water off the windscreen
(transitive, literally) To clean (something), removing any dirt from it, by wiping it.
Coordinate term: wipe down

wipe off the countertop

The countertop is dirty. Please wipe it off.
(transitive, figuratively) To destroy completely, leaving no trace.
Coordinate term: wipe out

Wipe that smile off your face!

wipe a species off the planet Earth

Wipe his data off the computer.

Global warming could wipe some coastal areas off the map.

Translations

remove by wiping

Arabic: مَسَحَ (masaḥa)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 擦掉 (zh) (cādiào)
French: rayer (fr)
German: abwischen (de)
Hebrew: מָחָה (he) (maẖá)
Japanese: 拭く (ja) (ふく, fuku)
Korean: 닦다 (ko) (dakda)
Latin: tergeō, dētergeō
Polish: zetrzeć (pl)
Russian: вытира́ть (ru) impf (vytirátʹ), вы́тереть (ru) pf (výteretʹ), стира́ть (ru) impf (stirátʹ), стере́ть (ru) pf (sterétʹ)

destroy, leaving no trace

French: rayer (fr)
Hebrew: מָחָה (he) (maẖá)

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