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/rəb əlˈɔŋ/ Listen

verb

Rub v. i.

To move along the surface of a body with pressure; to grate; as, a wheel rubs against the gatepost.

To fret; to chafe; as, to rub upon a sore.

To move or pass with difficulty; as, to rub through woods, as huntsmen; to rub through the world.

To rub along or To rub on, to go on with difficulty; as, they manage, with strict economy, to rub along. (Colloq.)

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Etymology of 'Rub along'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Rub along" Quotes from Famous Books

... to watch the boats go by with a Condrillot at the helm, and the Rhone was swarming like a mighty beehive. The poet notes in sorrow that all is dead. The river flows on, broad and silent, and no vestige of all its past activity remains, but here and there a trace of the cables that used to rub along the stones. ...

— Frederic Mistral - Poet and Leader in Provence • Charles Alfred Downer

... then with swift compunction he kissed her face of disappointment. "Never mind, my queen! Don't you bother your little head about me! I shall rub along all right even if I don't ...

— The Bars of Iron • Ethel May Dell