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Definition of Rub out
1. Verb. Remove by or as if by rubbing or erasing. "Please erase the formula on the blackboard--it is wrong!"
Entails: Rub
Specialized synonyms: Sponge, Cut Out, Scratch Out
Generic synonyms: Cancel, Delete
Derivative terms: Eraser, Erasure, Erasure, Erasure
Definition of Rub out
1. Verb. (transitive) To delete or erase or remove (something) by rubbing. ¹
2. Verb. (obsolete) To get by; to live. ¹
3. Verb. (transitive criminal slang) To kill. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Rub Out
Literary usage of Rub out
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Proceedings of the National Electric Light Association by National Electric Light Association Convention (1888)
"In the case of the air space in the armature, we rub out this F which represents
the function and we rub out /. In that case the magnetic induction and ..."
2. Town's Speller and Definer, Revised and Enlarged by Salem Town (1854)
"... cast Out to weaken to draw from e rase - ion * ef fuse - ion ex tinet - ion •
e gress-ion ex empt- ion ex tir pâte -ion to rub out to pour out put out, ..."
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