rub up

See also: rub-up

English

Verb

rub up (third-person singular simple present rubs up, present participle rubbing up, simple past and past participle rubbed up)

(transitive) To polish or scrub; to cover (something with a substance) by rubbing.
I rubbed up the brass buttons on my jacket to make them shine.
The pitcher rubs up the new baseball with dirt to get a better grip.
- 1695, William Salmon, The Family Dictionary, London: H. Rhodes,
  Stains that come not by Grease are taken out by boiling Lemon-peel in Small-beer, with a little Copperas, till it be very strong of them: then with a hard Brush rub up the place with it,
- 1786, John O’Keeffe, Patrick in Russia, Dublin, Act I, p. 11,
  Here’s a new guest for you; so clean up your house, rub up the mohogany table […]
- 1847 October 16, Currer Bell [pseudonym; Charlotte Brontë], chapter VIII, in Jane Eyre. An Autobiography. […], volume III, London: Smith, Elder, and Co., […], OCLC 3163777, page 183:
  […] my next [aim was] to rub it [Moor-House] up with beeswax, oil, and an indefinite number of cloths, till it glitters again;
- 1909, Lucy Maud Montgomery, Anne of Avonlea, Boston: L.C. Page, Chapter 30, p. 360,
  […] there’s all the silver to be rubbed up yet . . .
(transitive) To rub (a body part): to massage, give a massage to.
- 1674, Hannah Woolley, A Supplement to The Queen-like Closet, London: Richard Lownds, p. 9,
  […] every Morning when you Comb your head, dip a sponge in this water and rub up your Hair, and it will keep it clean and preserve it,
- 1929, Dashiell Hammett, Red Harvest, New York: Knopf, Chapter 9,
  Bush’s handlers dragged him into his corner [of the boxing ring] and rubbed him up, not working very hard at it.
(transitive) To create (something) by rubbing.
to rub up a lather
The new shoe rubbed up a blister on the back of his foot.
(transitive, intransitive, informal, dated) To revive one's knowledge of (something); to renew (a skill).
Synonyms: bone up, brush up, review, revise
- 1775, Richard Brinsley Sheridan, The Rivals, London: John Wilkie, Act III, Scene 5, p. 54,
  I must rub up my balancing, and chasing, and boring.
- 1920, Katherine Mansfield, “The Little Governess” in Bliss and Other Stories, Toronto: Macmillan, p. 239,
  […] you will have a nice quiet day to rest after the journey and rub up your German.
- 1951, Nicholas Monsarrat, The Cruel Sea, New York: Knopf, Part 5, p. 364,
  ‘ […] you’ll have to rub up on the other sort of navigation now. How long is it since you used a sextant?’
(transitive, US, slang) To assault (someone).[1]
Synonym: rough up
- 1952, Chester Himes, Cast the First Stone, New York: Signet, Chapter 11, p. 107,
  There was a lot of yelling and gesticulating, and a few blows were passed. A couple of guards got rubbed up a little.
(transitive, obsolete) To reduce (something) to a powder or paste using friction (with a mortar and pestle, for example); to mix (with something) using friction.
to rub up pigments with water or oil
- 1697, William Dampier, A New Voyage Round the World, London: James Knapton, “The Travels of Mr. William Dampier,” Chapter 3, p. 60,
  those Europeans, that use their Chocolate ready rubb’d up
- 1843, J. Hewlett, College Life; or, The Proctor’s Notebook, London: Henry Colburn, Volume 1, Chapter 23, p. 253,
  [The bursar] poured out a glass of sherry into a tumbler, and rubbed it up with an egg and a little sugar.
- 1943, Charles Wortham Brook, Carlile and the Surgeons, Glasgow: Strickland Press, p. 23,
  [Crude mercury] may be concealed in a pill by rubbing it up with anything of which you can make a paste fit for pills;
(transitive, obsolete) To excite or awaken (something); to revive or reawaken (something).
to rub up the memory; to rub up old sores
- 1640, James Ussher, Eighteen Sermons Preached in Oxford, London, 1660, p. 128,
  They desire a dead Minister, that would not rub up their consciences,
- 1681, Thomas Manton, One Hundred and Ninety Sermons on the Hundred and Nineteenth Psalm, London: T.P., Sermon 102, p. 629,
  It’s a vexation to them when they would sleep securely, to have their consciences rubbing up and reviving their fears.
- 1702, Susanna Centlivre, The Beau’s Duel, London: D. Brown and N. Cox, Act III, p. 30,
  Sir Will. What do you mean Gentlemen?
  Emil. Only to rub up you[r] Courage a little.
- 1790, Tate Wilkinson, Memoirs of His Own Life, York: for the author, Volume 2, p. 134,
  […] lest I should be negligent, Mr. Garrick sent for me to rub up my attention, fearing I might like a lazy centinel sleep on my post:

Noun

rub up (plural rub ups)

Alternative form of rub-up

References

Tom Dalzell (ed.), The Routledge Dictionary of Modern American Slang and Unconventional English, 2008.

[1] Tom Dalzell (ed.), The Routledge Dictionary of Modern American Slang and Unconventional English, 2008.

单词	rub up
释义	rub up See also: rub-up English Verb rub up (third-person singular simple present rubs up, present participle rubbing up, simple past and past participle rubbed up) (transitive) To polish or scrub; to cover (something with a substance) by rubbing. I rubbed up* the brass buttons on my jacket to make them shine.* The pitcher rubs up* the new baseball with dirt to get a better grip.* 1695, William Salmon, The Family Dictionary, London: H. Rhodes, Stains that come not by Grease are taken out by boiling Lemon-peel in Small-beer, with a little Copperas, till it be very strong of them: then with a hard Brush rub up the place with it, 1786, John O’Keeffe, Patrick in Russia, Dublin, Act I, p. 11, Here’s a new guest for you; so clean up your house, rub up the mohogany table […] 1847 October 16, Currer Bell [pseudonym; Charlotte Brontë], chapter VIII, in Jane Eyre. An Autobiography. […], volume III, London: Smith, Elder, and Co., […], OCLC 3163777, page 183: […] my next [aim was] to rub it [Moor-House] up with beeswax, oil, and an indefinite number of cloths, till it glitters again; 1909, Lucy Maud Montgomery, Anne of Avonlea, Boston: L.C. Page, Chapter 30, p. 360, […] there’s all the silver to be rubbed up yet . . . (transitive) To rub (a body part): to massage, give a massage to. 1674, Hannah Woolley, A Supplement to The Queen-like Closet, London: Richard Lownds, p. 9, […] every Morning when you Comb your head, dip a sponge in this water and rub up your Hair, and it will keep it clean and preserve it, 1929, Dashiell Hammett, Red Harvest, New York: Knopf, Chapter 9, Bush’s handlers dragged him into his corner [of the boxing ring] and rubbed him up, not working very hard at it. (transitive) To create (something) by rubbing. to rub up* a lather* The new shoe rubbed up* a blister on the back of his foot.* (transitive, intransitive, informal, dated) To revive one's knowledge of (something); to renew (a skill). Synonyms: bone up, brush up, review, revise 1775, Richard Brinsley Sheridan, The Rivals, London: John Wilkie, Act III, Scene 5, p. 54, I must rub up my balancing, and chasing, and boring. 1920, Katherine Mansfield, “The Little Governess” in Bliss and Other Stories, Toronto: Macmillan, p. 239, […] you will have a nice quiet day to rest after the journey and rub up your German. 1951, Nicholas Monsarrat, The Cruel Sea, New York: Knopf, Part 5, p. 364, ‘ […] you’ll have to rub up on the other sort of navigation now. How long is it since you used a sextant?’ (transitive, US, slang) To assault (someone).[1] Synonym: rough up 1952, Chester Himes, Cast the First Stone, New York: Signet, Chapter 11, p. 107, There was a lot of yelling and gesticulating, and a few blows were passed. A couple of guards got rubbed up a little. (transitive, obsolete) To reduce (something) to a powder or paste using friction (with a mortar and pestle, for example); to mix (with something) using friction. to rub up* pigments with water or oil* 1697, William Dampier, A New Voyage Round the World, London: James Knapton, “The Travels of Mr. William Dampier,” Chapter 3, p. 60, those Europeans, that use their Chocolate ready rubb’d up 1843, J. Hewlett, College Life; or, The Proctor’s Notebook, London: Henry Colburn, Volume 1, Chapter 23, p. 253, [The bursar] poured out a glass of sherry into a tumbler, and rubbed it up with an egg and a little sugar. 1943, Charles Wortham Brook, Carlile and the Surgeons, Glasgow: Strickland Press, p. 23, [Crude mercury] may be concealed in a pill by rubbing it up with anything of which you can make a paste fit for pills; (transitive, obsolete) To excite or awaken (something); to revive or reawaken (something). to rub up* the memory; to rub up old sores* 1640, James Ussher, Eighteen Sermons Preached in Oxford, London, 1660, p. 128, They desire a dead Minister, that would not rub up their consciences, 1681, Thomas Manton, One Hundred and Ninety Sermons on the Hundred and Nineteenth Psalm, London: T.P., Sermon 102, p. 629, It’s a vexation to them when they would sleep securely, to have their consciences rubbing up and reviving their fears. 1702, Susanna Centlivre, The Beau’s Duel, London: D. Brown and N. Cox, Act III, p. 30, Sir Will. What do you mean Gentlemen? Emil. Only to rub up you[r] Courage a little. 1790, Tate Wilkinson, Memoirs of His Own Life, York: for the author, Volume 2, p. 134, […] lest I should be negligent, Mr. Garrick sent for me to rub up my attention, fearing I might like a lazy centinel sleep on my post: See also rub down rub up against rub up on rub up the wrong way Noun rub up (plural rub ups) Alternative form of rub-up References Tom Dalzell (ed.), The Routledge Dictionary of Modern American Slang and Unconventional English, 2008.
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