rub your skin

You can't wear it for five minutes without the edges rubbing your skin raw.

Don't ruin the perfect face cleansing by rubbing your skin dry.

Coarse uniforms and gear can rub your skin raw.

Form-fitting blues could also rub your skin and cause an uncomfortable irritation or inflammation.

Avoid using freshwater or rubbing your skin.

Parts of equipment, such as chin straps, can rub your skin and make your acne worse.

Do not rub your skin.

"I've rubbed your skin raw."

But after a catfish clamps down on something, it tends to spin, which can rub your skin raw [source: Bilger].

You could rub your skin all day with shadow-berries and not get anything worse than a purple stain, but eat a few and you would find yourself retching up your toenails.

A. Wyman's Garden Encyclopedia describes the highly invasive Canada thistle (Cirsium arvense) as a vicious weed, and you could probably raise a rash by rubbing your skin with its prickly leaves.

Any so-called 'dirt' you may see on a piece of cotton wool after rubbing your skin with astringent or lotion may just be the remnants of make-up or skin cells, which are flaking off all the time.

Even with DEET, however, it is critical to shower and rub your skin with a cloth soon after your hike, and inspect your skin (better yet, have someone else inspect it) for any sign of ticks, which should be promptly removed with a tweezer.