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单词 rub out
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rub out

1. phrasal verb
If you rub out something that you have written on paper or a board, you remove it using a rubber or eraser.
She began rubbing out the pencilled marks in the margin. [VERB PARTICLE noun]
[Also VERB noun PARTICLE]
2. phrasal verb
If one person rubs out another, they kill them.
[informal]
Nobody else believed that they had tried to rub out the pope. [VERB PARTICLE noun (not pronoun)]
[Also VERB noun PARTICLE]
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rub out in British English

verb (adverb)
1. 
to remove or be removed with a rubber
2. (transitive) US slang
to murder
3. (transitive) Australian Rules football
to suspend (a player)

rub out in American English

1. 
to erase or be erased by rubbing
2.  US, Slang
to kill or murder
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Examples of 'rub out' in a sentence
rub out

The Stork typed for a few moments, then paused to rub out knots in his cramped hands.
Gregg Hurwitz THE KILL CLAUSE (2003)

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Terms used in Australian Rules Football

Chinese translation of 'rub out'

rub out

vt

  1. (= erase) 擦掉 (cādiào)
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Nearby words of
rub out

  • rub in
  • rub off
  • rub off on
  • rub out
  • rubber
  • rubber band
  • rubber boot

Related terms of
rub out

  • rub off on
  • rub off
  • rub in
  • rub down
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