Meaning of rub up on | Babel Free

Definitions

1. To rub one's body against another person as a form of sexual stimulation or flirting.
   slang
2. To stimulate, interact, or resonate with.
3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see rub, up, on, rub up.

Examples

“Had to let⟳ it know⟳ that I still had baller status. So when I was on the dance⟳ floor, busting my moves, I didn't mind⟳ the shorty with the tight, tight blue mini-skirt who was rubbing up on me and leading me on.”

“Others you may flee⟳ from immediately because an ugly drunk girl keeps rubbing up on you.”

“There, now they're hugging, the referee breaks them up, but don't you find⟳ it disgusting to see⟳ a couple of boxers rubbing up on each other?”

“As Overbrook helped him with his coat, Babbitt said, “Nice to rub up on the old days! We must have⟳ lunch together, P.D.Q.””

“The poetry, prose and personality in Soul Clothes, may rub up on a curious and compassionate place⟳ within you, a place⟳ of stark reality drenched in divine hope⟳.”

“It is a change⟳ for the better, to rub up on the ugliness of the place⟳, see⟳ the stains it leaves.”

“But musical ancestry aside, the influence⟳ to which [Justin] Bieber is most beholden is the current trends in pop music, which means Believe⟳ is loaded up with EDM accouterments, seeking a comfortable middle ground where Bieber’s impressively refined pop-R&B croon can rub up on techno blasts and garish dubstep drops (and occasionally grind⟳ on some AutoTune, not necessarily because it needs it, but because a certain amount of robo-voice is expected these days).”

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