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Meanings of rubs against in English

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Usage of rubs against in English
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When it gets inflamed, it rubs against the bone and causes pain.
Stash
2
Victor rubs against Malorie's legs as he heads back into the kitchen.
Bird Box
3
Some of it rubs against his pant leg and his shoes.
Bird Box
4
Simply wearing clothes rubs against their fragile skin, causing painful blistering and deep lesions.
News.com.au
5
Cloth rubs against skin and rustles against itself; air hisses into Burny's nasal passages.
Black house
6
Jean unzips Matt's pants and rubs against him, telling him not to make noise.
The new yorker
7
His head rubs against her shoulder and he purrs like a cat, and she responds.
To the end of the land
8
His shoulder rubs against hers in the doorway.
Bird Box
9
The tube moves with it a rotating contact piece, which rubs against the tops of the segments.
Things To Make
10
Alai rubs against my leg, still purring.
Origin
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His skinless meat rubs against the carpeting, picking up dirt, cigarette butts, and particles of kitty litter.
The Cannibals of Candyland
12
This is one of those happy bursts of synchronicity that rubs against popular culture from time to time.
The Irish Times
13
My knee rubs against the hard plastic on the centre console and it gets uncomfortable after a while.
News.com.au
14
The worn top button rubs against your desk as you stand, which it would not do were you seated.
The Gold Bag
15
Only look at the big dog-poor Descher!-howhe rubs against me, and shows that he has not forgotten me!
Uarda : a Romance of Ancient Egypt — Volume 06
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He never climbs up to my shoulder and rubs against my face as some of Amélie's commoner cats will do.
On the Edge of the War Zone / From the Battle of the Marne to th...
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