rub up

rub up [rab-daun]
aguijonear, excitar, animar; retocar, repasar, pulir, pulimentar.

rub up
verb:transitive:plus_adverb
pulir; sacar brillo a
to rub sb up the wrong way buscar las cosquillas a algn
they seem to rub each other up the wrong way to give a table a rub-up