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Collocations for wipe - verb

ADVERB

carefully, gently
hastily, quickly
easily
The plastic surface can be easily wiped.
just, simply
away, down, up
I wiped up the spilled wine.

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PREPOSITION

from
She gently wiped the tears from her eyes.
off
He wiped the marks off the wall.
on
She wiped her hands on the towel.
with
When you've finished with it, simply wipe it clean with a damp cloth.

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PHRASES

wipe sth clean

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wipe sth out - PHRASAL VERB

ADVERB

completely, totally
almost, nearly, practically, virtually
The regiment was virtually wiped out in the first battle.
effectively
The disease has been effectively wiped out.

VERB + wipe out

threaten to
pollution that threatens to wipe out 100 000 fish

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Wipe is used with these nouns as the object:
blood, brow, counter, crumb, dirt, disk, drop, dust, eye, floor, foot, forehead, glasses, grease, hand, lip, mascara, mouth, nose, palm, perspiration, saliva, sweat, table, tape, tear, windscreen

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