Her positive attitude 'rubbed off' on other people. [=other people began to have a positive attitude from being around her]
We 'rubbed' the steaks with spices before we grilled them. = We 'rubbed' spices onto the steaks before we grilled them.
It's bad enough that he beat me, but the way he keeps talking about it is just 'rubbing salt in the wound'.
(..) - Oh no... - What? - I've just figured out the next ground rule. - What? No more of this. No more...no more this nose rub that you do. This? - Don't think I've to ??? What am I supposed to do? It's allergy season. This is killing me, I gotta...you just stay in my face with my ground rules, I'm out. (..)2014 The Amazing Spider-Man 2