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The word "rub" is a correct and usable word in written English
You can use it as a noun or a verb. As a verb, it means to move something back and forth along a surface with pressure. As a noun, it means a mildly abrasive action such as a massage. For example, "She gave her neck a good rub to relieve the soreness."
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We rub along, but not comfortably or happily or prettily.
In a large mixing bowl, rub the butter and lard into the flour until it resembles fine breadcrumbs.
Drain on kitchen paper and rub one side of each piece with the garlic clove.
The mountain itself is like a granite pimple on the ass of the earth, and just to rub it in, they've carved a group of Confederate leaders' faces into the rock.
The rock paintings, more of which are being discovered yearly, are under threat from constant wildfires, from feral animals that rub against the cave walls and from wasps whose nests dislodge the ephemeral ochre paints.
Save a sausage, rub your corners off, and never mind that thrombosis, dear, it's only suppurating a bit.
As I saw it, I had two options: 1) I could start the engine and drive to try to find someone who could help, or 2) rub like hell.
Dimon, after being obliged to rub along on $11.5m for 2012, has been judged to have suffered enough.
It's probably not a good idea to turn their hallowed Mecca into a themed retail experience, nor to rub salt in the wound by commissioning ageing has-beens to design an "as-found skate space" down the road.
Even the less profitable companies have reported the sort of results that make share-holders rub their hands with glee.
Vincent takes a break from sewing to ask me to rub argan oil into a fresh tattoo of a 1940s deep-sea diver that covers half his back.
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