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Definition of Rule out

1. Verb. Make impossible, especially beforehand.

2. Verb. Include or exclude by determining judicially or in agreement with rules.

3. Verb. Dismiss from consideration or a contest. "This possibility can be eliminated from our consideration"

Definition of Rule out

1. Verb. (transitive) To cross an item out by drawing a straight line through it, as with a ruler. ¹

2. Verb. (idiomatic transitive) To reject an option from a list of possibilities. ¹

3. Verb. (idiomatic transitive) To make something impossible. ¹

4. Verb. (transitive) to disallow ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Rule Out

rule of bigeminy rule of coss rule of cy pres rule of evidence rule of grammar rule of law rule of morphology rule of nines rule of outlet rule of reason

rule of recognition rule of the road rule of thirds rule of thumb rule on rule out (current term) rule over rule the roost rule the school rule with an iron fist

rulebook rulebooks rulebound rulebreaker rulebreakers rulebreaking ruled ruled on ruleless rulemaking

Literary usage of Rule out

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Mercersburg Review by Alumni Association, Pa.) Marshall College (Mercersburg (1852)
"be undertakes to rule out of court the mind of the ancient church, as though.in varying from such arbitrary rule it must of course vary to the same extent ..."

2. Bookkeeping and Accountancy: Presenting the Art of Bookkeeping in Accordance by Harry Marc Rowe (1910)
"rule out the items that balance on each side of the account as the ... (rule out balancing items.} -- APRIL 24. Sold him merchandise on account, $15. ..."

3. The Encyclopædia of Evidence by Edgar Whittlesey Camp, John Finley Crowe (1908)
"The defendant thereupon moved the court to rule out the testimony of the ... All that appears by the record, is the motion to rule out the testimony, ..."

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