Definition of rub up against
rub up against
verb
- to be related (in some way) to.
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Originally submitted by WalterGR from Sacramento, CA, USA on Mar 24 2010. (Edit this definition.)
verb - transitive
- meet a new person, or encounter a new experience, as in "you will rub against some shady characters when you go there."
Originally submitted by Anonymous on Aug 10 2010. (Edit this definition.)
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- up
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- act up - to misbehave.
- AFU - acronym of "all fucked up."
- all done up - well dressed, wearing makeup, etc.
- all up in - doing something emphatically.
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