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2 English Phrasal Verbs With 'WIPE'

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2 phrasal verbs with 'WIPE'

Wipe out

  1. Make someone very tired
    (Separable [optional] | International English)
    » Example: Revising for the exam last night WIPED me OUT.
  2. Kill all of a population, make extinct
    (Separable [optional] | International English)
    » Example: A meteor crashing into the planet WIPED the dinosaurs OUT.

Wipe up

  1. Remove a liquid from a surface using a cloth
    (Separable [optional] | International English)
    » Example: She WIPED UP the coffee she had spilled.

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