Cut that out. You're just rubbing salt in the poor guy's wounds.
Source: tatoeba (31531)
Rubbing
/ˈɹʌbɪŋ/
Synonyms for "rubbing" (105 found)
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11 total sentences available.
He was rubbing his hands over the report of the result.
Source: tatoeba (48400)
He stood by the gate, rubbing his hands together.
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Now that you mention it. Yeek, Hideki's habits are rubbing off on me!
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