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Theres The Rub Crossword Clue

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noun

• a health resort near a spring or at the seaside

• a fashionable hotel usually in a resort area

• a place of business with equipment and facilities for exercising and improving physical fitness

45%5Rub, rub, rub
noun

• a place that is scoured (especially by running water)

verb

• examine minutely

• clean with hard rubbing

• rub hard or scrub

• rinse, clean, or empty with a liquid

30%9 Student can rub it out; you can rub it in
noun

• a substance capable of reducing friction by making surfaces smooth or slippery

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New York Times22 Feb 2023 Down 37
New York Times19 Dec 2014 Across 1
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