RUB OUT

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Remove by or as if by rubbing or erasing

Example:

Please erase the formula on the blackboard--it is wrong!

Synonyms:

efface; erase; rub out; score out; wipe off

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "rub out" is one way to...):

cancel; delete (remove or make invisible)

"Rub out" entails doing...:

rub (move over something with pressure)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "rub out"):

sponge (erase with a sponge; as of words on a blackboard)

cut out; scratch out (strike or cancel by or as if by rubbing or crossing out)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something