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0 to press or be pressed against something with a circular or up-and-down repeated movement:
[ + obj + adj ] Alice rubbed the blackboard clean for the teacher.
She was rubbing her hands (together) at the thought of winning.
My new shoes are rubbing (against/on my toe) and now I've got blisters.
Alice rubbed the sums off (= cleaned them off) the blackboard for the teacher.
1 the act of rubbing something:
2 the particular problem that makes a situation difficult or impossible:
You can't get a job unless you have experience, but there's the rub, you can't get experience unless you have a job.
3 to press or be pressed against something with a repeated circular, side to side, or up and down movement: