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Synonyms for rub
One audited sense, one true synonym, and three words that come close enough to cost you the rung.
the act of rubbing or wiping
He gave the hood a quick rub.
The true synonym
wipe
Same sentence, swapped: He gave the hood a quick wipe.
Close but different
These are the other three tiles the game puts on screen for this sense. Each one is a real word with a real meaning, and none of them is a synonym for rub as it is used in the sentence above.
- hitch
- crisis
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