to mix something such as butter or fat into another substance such as flour, using your fingers
used to remind someone of something stupid or bad that they did
He's not some genie in a bloody bottle who'll pop up if I rub in the right place!
In the end what Christian did was stamp around the place where the blood had been, trying to rub in some of the dirt from his shoes.
OK, I lost, no need to rub it in!
Place the flour in a bowl and rub in the butter.
`But it's all right to clean my hands up later and maybe rub in some of that lotion I brought with me, isn't it, Ma?
rubs in
rubbing in
rubbed in
There is no origin for this phrasal verb
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