Wiktionary
wipe away
vb. To remove or erase with a wiping motion
WordNet
wipe away
v. remove by wiping [syn: wipe off]
Usage examples of "wipe away".
Probably no air-conditioning, he thought, grabbing his soaked handkerchief to wipe away the sweat.
If only she could pat his sleeve every few minutes to make sure he was really there, hold his hand and use his handkerchief to wipe away her tears of joy.
Colleen said again, trying to wipe away her tears before they even fell.
He thought that, most of all, they wanted to wipe away the evidence of what had happened here this early summer (and could it be late summer already?
He caught my movement from a corner of his eye, and stopped, swiping a blood-smeared shirtsleeve quickly across his face, as though to wipe away sweat from his brow.