Our friends would bring their kids over to visit and we'd hang up their tiny coats, hoping some magic would rub off on our hands.
Wipe tests conducted by EWG's researchers easily removed BPA from the sample receipts, indicating that the chemical could rub off on the hands of a person handling the paper.
For centuries, Russians have practiced the art of honey healing - a local take on homeopathy, where the nutrients of wild herbs and flowers rub off on bees, and eventually find their way into the honey that Russians put in their tea.
Companies sent delegations to tour Toyota's factories in the hope that some of its magic would rub off on them.
The industry nurtures skills in design and technology that rub off on other sectors; and its supply chain is so long that in some countries about one job in ten depends on it.
If you surround yourself with positive people, their energy will rub off onto you.
When you work around cowards all day long, don't you think it's going to rub off on you?
When I met Linda Baines, head of strategy and planning for the Science and Technology Facilities Council, I hoped that some of her strategic and planning abilities would rub off on me.
I hate losers; I'm scared that their bad luck would rub off on me.
If you read them enough, their excellent writing style will rub off onto your dazzling blog.
To boost their star power, celebrities will pair up in public with anyone — or anything — whose cool can rub off on them.
Many people, especially business leaders, love to be pictured with the former President, perhaps hoping that some of his charisma will rub off on them.
Luckily, if Smith's social media posts are any indication, he's just as excited now as his first time on set that it's bound to rub off on the cast.
Otherwise, operating pressure causes the labeling color to rub off on the inside of the key.
They hope that some of it may rub off on them, making all Italians richer.
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