Cover and Rub

Cover

Cover verb - To serve as a replacement usually for a time only.

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Rub and cover are semantically related In some cases you can use "Rub" instead a verb "Cover".

Nearby Words: covered, covering, coverage, coverlet

Rub verb - To damage or diminish by continued friction.

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Cover and rub are semantically related in stroke topic. Sometimes you can use "Cover" instead a verb "Rub".

nose	cover nose	rub nose
hand	cover hand	rub hand
fact	cover fact	rub fact
face	cover face	rub face
Other words: screen, hair, head, back, hands, eyes, legs, faces, nipples.

Rubén Blades' song Pedro Navajanote (a cover version of Mack the Knife) is about the titular Pedro, a very feared criminal, stabbing and killing a Street Walker.

Source: Mutual Kill
When Razor himself showed up, Dibiase decided to rub it in by attempting the most nonchalant cover imaginable... only for the Kid to crucifix him for the win.

Source: Wrestling / Ted DiBiase
Dove Cameron's cover of Christina Aguilera's song "Genie In a Bottle" changes some of the lyrics, in particular "You gotta rub me the right way" is changed to "You gotta ask me the right way".

Source: Bowdlerise / Music

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